CONTENTS Vll 



IX. FEATHERED GIANTS 



Legend of the Moa, 115; our knowledge of the Moas, 116; some 

 Moas wingless, 117; deposits of Moa bones, 118; legend of the Roc, 

 119; discovery of ^Epyornis, 121; large-sounding names, 121; eggs 

 of great birds, 121; the Patagonian Phororhacos, 122; the huge 

 Brontornis, 123; Diatryma, 125; development of giant birds, 127; 

 distribution of flightless birds, 127; relation between Sightlessness 

 and size, 129; references, 129. 



X. THE ANCESTRY OF THE HORSE 



North America in the Eocene age, 131 ; appearance of early horses, 

 132; early domestication of the horse, 135; the toes of horses, 138; 

 Miocene horses small, 138; evidence of genealogy of the horse, 

 139; meaning of abnormalities, 140; changes in the climate and 

 animals of the West, 142; references, 143. 



XL THE MAMMOTH 



The story of the killing of the Mammoth, 145; derivation of the 

 word "mammoth," 145; mistaken ideas as to size of the Mammoth, 

 146; size of Mammoth and modern elephants, 147; finding of an 

 entire Mammoth, 148; birthplace of the Mammoth, 149; beliefs 

 concerning its bones, 149; the range of the animal, 150; theories 

 concerning the extinction of the Mammoth, 151; Man and Mam- 

 moth, 152; origin of the Alaskan Live Mammoth Story, 153; traits 

 of the Innuits, 154; an entire Mammoth recently found, 156; 

 references, 157. 



XII. THE MASTODON 



Differences between Mastodon and Mammoth, 159; affinities of the 

 Mastodon, 160; vestigial structures, 161; distribution of American 

 Mastodon, 161 ; first noticed in North America, 163; thought to be 

 carnivorous, 165; Koch's Missourium, 165; former abundance of 

 Mastpdons, 165; appearance of the animal, 166; its size, 168; 

 was man contemporary with Mastodon? 169; the Lenape stone, 

 171 ; legend of the big buffalo, 171 ; references, 173. 



