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GENERAL INDEX. 



Avr.s, microscopic structure of ovum continued. 



vitelline membrane, s. 74. 

 early condition and rirst formation of the 



ovarian ovum in i>irds, s. 74. 

 morphology of the bini's egg, as ascer- 

 tained from its first origin and develop- 

 ment, s. 75. 



heat, animal, of, ii. 649. 665. 

 instincts guiding association of birds, iii. 18. 

 guiding incubation, iii. 14. 

 guiding migration, iii. 12 

 guiding modification, iii. 14. 

 liver of birds, iii. 175. 

 marsupium nigrum in, ii. 203. 



uses of the, ii. 204. 

 myology, i. 290. 



climbing,!. 297. 

 diving, i. 297. 

 flight, 297. 



velocity of birds, iii. 429. 

 powers of flight of birds, iii. 424. 

 use of the tail in flight, iii. 429. 

 See MOTION, ANIMAL. 

 progression on land, i. 297 ; iii. 450. 

 sailing, i. 297. 

 swimming, i. 297. 

 nervous system, i. 303 ; iii. 621. 

 brain, i. 298. 



hearing, organ of, i. 308 ; ii. 536. 

 lachrymal organs, i. 307. 

 tas;e, organ of, i. 311. 

 touch, organs of, i. 311. 

 vision, organ of, i. 303. 

 optic nerves of, iii. 764. 



chiasma of the optic nerves in birds, iii. 



769. 



eyelids in, iii. 95. 



eyebrows and eyelashes of, iii. 95. 

 secreting and derivative lachrymal apparatus 



in, iii. 98. 



ninth nerve, iii. 722. 



osteology, i. 270. 438. See also OSSEOUS SYSTEM. 

 pelvis, s. 165. 

 table of the number of toe phalanges in birds, i. 



289. 



table of the number of vertebrae in birds, i. 272. 

 pancreas of birds, s. 96. 



table of number of pancreatic ducts in several 



orders of birds, s. 97. 

 peculiar secretions, i. 349. 

 renal organ, iv. 233. 

 respiratory organs, i. 341 ; iv. 331. 1021 ; s. 270. 



air-passages, i. 345. 

 salivary glands, i. 316. 

 supra-renal glands, i. 348. 

 tegumentary system, i. 349. 



development of feathers, i. 351. 

 thymus gland in, iv. 1097. 

 thyroid glands, i. 348 ; iv. 1108. 

 tongues of birds, iv. 1150. 

 urinary organs, i. 347. 



urine of birds, iv. 1281. 

 temporo-maxillan articulation in, iv. 941. 

 vocal organs and voice of birds, iv. 1495, et seq. 

 Aves aereae of Nitzsch, i. 266. 



altrices, a division of Birds, i. 266. 

 aquaticae of Nitzsch, i. 266. 



aquatic birds, mode of progression of the, iii. 438. 

 praecoces, a division of Birds, i. 26G. 

 terrestres of Nitzsch, i. 2C6. 

 AXILLA (surgical anatomy) i. 216, 217. 358. 

 anterior wall, i. 359. 

 inner wall, i. 360, 361. 

 lymphatic glands, i. 362. 

 posterior wall, i. 362. 

 nerves, i. 361. 



wounds penetrating into the axilla, i. "62. 

 dislocations of shoulder-joint downwards and inwards 



into the, iv. 6? 6 



AXILLARY artery, i. 360. 363 j iv. 248. 

 branches, i. 363. 



1. acromial, i. 363. 



2. superior thoracic, i. 364. 



3. inferior thoracic, i. 364. 



4. subscapular, i. 364. 



5. posterior circumflex,!. 364. 



6. anterior circumflex, i. 364. 

 relations, i. 363. 



lesion of the axillary artery complicated with luxation 

 of the head of the humerus, iv. 616. 



aneurism, i. 233. 



lymphatic glands, i. 368 ; iii. 231. 



nerve, iv. 759. 



plexus, ii. 361. 



vein, i. 360 ; iii. 249 ; iv. 407. 

 Axiotoma Gaedii, i. 38. 

 Axis of cochleae, ii. 531. 



cceliac, s. 325. 



Axis-cylinder of Rosenthal and Purkinjie, iii. 592. 

 Azolotl, organs of respiration in the, i. 99 ; teeth of the, 



i. 95. 

 Axungia articularis, secretion of, i. 253. 



Aye-aye of Madagascar (Cheiromys psilodactylus), iv. 221. 



anatomy of the, iv. 374, et seq. 



Azote, absorption and exhalation of, by the lungs, ii. 14'.). 

 AZYGOS, the term, i 364. 

 Azygos artery, iv. 64. 



' tins of fishes, bones of, iii. 845. 

 process of the sphenoid bone, i. 255. 726. 

 vein, i. 365; iv. 1381. 1404. 

 dorsal, i. 368. 

 major, i. 305 ; iv. 1409. 

 minor, or semi-azygos, i. 365 ; iv. 1409. 

 superior, i. 306 ; iv. 1409. 

 uvulae muscle, iii. 952. 



relations and uses, iii 952. 



B. 



Babyroussa, or horned hog, teeth of the, iii. 8G5. 

 Baboont t iv. 197, et seq- See QUADRUMANA. 

 BACK, REGION OF THE (surgical anatomy;, i. 3G7. 

 cervical region, i. 367. 

 dorsal region, i. 367. 

 lumbar region, i. 367. 

 diseases, i. 368. 

 integuments, i. 367. 

 lymphatics, i. 368. 

 nerves, i. 368. 



subcutaneous cellular tissue, i. 367. 

 BACK, MUSCLES OF THE, i. 368. 

 first layer, i. 308. 



latissimus dorsi, i. 368. 

 trapezius.i. 369. 

 second layer, i. 370. 



levator anguli scapulae, i. 370. 

 rhomboideus major, i. 370. 

 minor, i. 370. 

 third layer, i. 371 . 



serratus posticus inferior, i. 371. 

 superior, i. 371. 

 fourth layer, i. 372. 



splenius capitis, i. 371. 



colli or cervicis, i. 371. 

 fifth layer, i. 371. 



cervicalis descendens, i. 372. 

 complexus, i. 373. 

 longissimus dorsi, i. 372. 

 sacrp-lumbalis, i. 372. 

 semi-spinalis dorsi, i. 372. 

 spinalis dorsi, i. 372. 

 trachelo-mastoideus, i. 373. 

 transversalis colli, i. 373. 

 sixth layer, i. 373. 



obliquus capitis inferior, or major, i. 373. 

 superior, or minor, i. 373. 

 rectus cupitis posticus major, i. 373. 

 posticus minor, i. 374. 

 spinalis, or semi-spinalis, colli, i. 373. 

 fasciculi : inter-spinales, inter-transversales,and mul- 



tifidus spina?, i. 374. 



Badger-tribe (Melidae), dentition of the, iv. 913. 

 BaUena. digestive organs of the, s. 304. 

 Baltsnidcc, family of, i. 564. 

 Balcenoptera rostrata, vocal organs and voice of, iv. 1494, 



1495. 

 Balaneus nucum, or maggot of the hazel-nut, mode of 



locomotion of the, iii. 441. 



Balanidea, a genus of Cirrhopoda, i. 684. See CIRRHOPODA. 

 Bull and socket joint (Knarthrosis), i. 256. 

 Bands, intercolumnal, i. 5. 

 Bandicoots of Australia (Perameles), iii. 260. 



characters of the genus of bandicoots, iii. 260, 2G1. 

 Bardbra,or Berberines, changes in their complexion from 



that of their ancestors, iv. 1336. 

 " Barbadoes " leg, iv. 1014. 



Barbary, races inhabiting, characters of the, iv. 1357. 

 Barking of dogs, peculiar to those which have been do- 

 mesticated, iv. 1307. 

 Barnacles, i. 683. See CIRRHOPODA. 

 Barometric pressure, effect of, on the quantity of carbonic 



acid gas in the expired air, iv. 349. 

 Bos -fond of the bladder, i. 379. 

 Base of the cranium, i. 725. 

 Basidiospores of fungi, s. 224. 



Basidium, mode of reproduction of the fungi by the, s. 232. 

 Baailar artery, iii. 674. 678. 704 ; iv. 820. 

 origin and relations, iv. 820, 821. 

 branches, iv. 821. 



cerebellar artery, inferior, or posterior, iv. 821. 

 superior, or anterior, iv. 821. 

 aneurism of, i. 206. 



Basilar bone of Scemmerring, i. 726. 733. 

 process, i. 732. 



of the occipital bone, i. 726. 

 sinuses, i. 727. 732. 

 sulci, i. 727. 732, 

 Basilic vein, i. 216, 217. 360; ii. 63; 361, 362 ; iv. 1107. 



median, iv. 1407. 

 Basio-glossus muscle, iv. 1133. 

 Basi-vertobral veins of Breschat, iii. 630. 

 Bass singing, iv. 1479. 

 Bathiergut capensis, or white spotted orycte.-us, iv. 389- 



