INDEX. 



Dinosaurs continued. 



classification of, 65 ; relations of, 

 65. Vid. also Allosaurus, Atlan- 

 tosaurus, Brontosaurus, Cerato- 

 saurus, Cetiosaurus, Compsogna- 

 thus, Diplodocus, Hadrosaurus, 

 Hoplosaurus, Hylaeosaurus, Igua- 

 nodon, Megalosaurus, Morosaurus, 

 Ornithopsis, Pelorosaurus, Polacan- 

 thus, Scelidosaurus, Triceratops. 



Diplodocus, 72 



Dollo, M. , 99 



Draco volans, 122 



Dragons, in mythology, 61 ; Flying 

 Dragons, 121 ; legends of, 225 



Earth-drama, the, 4 



Elephas ganesa, 220 ; E. primigenius. 

 Vid. Mammoth. 



Eobasileus (Cope), 154 



Eocene period, 149, 153, 158 



Eurypterus, 29 



Evolution, of Ichthyosaurs, 50 ; of 

 Plesiosaurs, 59 ; of Dinosaurs, 64, 

 108 ; of Dinocerata, 153 ; of Sloths, 

 1 86 



Explorations, in Rocky Mountains, 

 by Marsh, 119, 120; in Kansas, 

 by Cope, 140, 145 ; in Wyoming, 

 by Leidy, 157 ; in Uinta Basin, by 

 Marsh, 159; in Sivalik Hills, by 

 .Falconer, 165 ; in Siberia, 201, 204 



Falconer, Hugh, 162 



Floods, destruction of animals by, 17 



Flying Dragons (Pterodactyls), early 

 discovery of, 123 ; Pterodactylus 

 macronyx, 124 ; P. crassrostris, 

 125 ; P. spectabilis, 126 ; differ- 

 ences between (Pterodactyls) and 

 Birds, 127 ; Rhamphorhynchus, 

 128 ; Pterodactyls from the Green- 

 sand, 129 ; American Pterodactyls, 

 129; bones of ditto, 130; habits 

 of, 131 



Footprints, of birds and reptiles, 13, 

 79 ; of Brontosaurus, 66 ; Iguano- 

 don, 102 ; supposed human foot- 

 prints, 185 



Forbes, Mr. H. O., on Moa-birds, 



237 



Fossils, how preserved, 9-23 ; changes 

 in, 22 



Geikie, Sir Archibald, on scenery of 

 a western plateau, 156 



"Generalised types," 150 



Geography of Wealden period, 96 ; 

 of Cretaceous period, 141, 147; of 

 Eocene period, 149, 159, 160 ; of 

 Miocene period, 161 ; of Pliocene 

 period, 163 



Giants, stories of, founded on dis- 

 coveries of bones, 40, 155, 195- 

 198, 220, 225 



Glyptodon, 189 



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Hadrosaurus, 97 



Harrison, Mr. J., discovers Scelido- 

 saurus, 105 



Hawkins, Mr. T., his collection of 

 fossil reptiles, 41 ; his books, 40 



Hoffman, 134 



Home, Sir Everard, 38 



Hoplosaurus, 74 



Humboldt, 18 



Huxley, on Dinosaurus, 63, 64, 77, 

 85, 87 ; on origin of birds, 64 



Hylaeosaurus, 103 



Ice Age, or Glacial Period, 163, 197,229 



Ichthyornis, 109 



Ichthyosaurus, 33 ; Scheiichzer on, 

 38 ; droppings of, 44 ; I. tenuiros- 

 tris, 44, 264 ; Owen on habits of, 45 ; 

 eyes of, 46 ; jaws of, 48 ; vertebrae 

 of, 49 ; ancestry of, 50 ; part played 

 . by, 50 ; tail-fin, 49 ; range of, 51 ; 

 Sauranodon, 51 ; toothless forms 

 of, 51. Vid. Cuvier. 



Iguana, teeth of, 92 



Iguanodon, discovery of teeth, 90 ; 

 Dr. Wollaston, 91 ; origin of name, 

 92 ; jaws of, 93, 94 ; food of, 96, 

 IOI ; discovery of Belgian speci- 

 mens, 98 ; figure of skeleton, 100 ; 

 impressions of feet, 102; thumb of, 

 101 ; habits of, 103 ; restoration by 

 W. Hawkins, 104 



Ilia, 113 



Imperfection of the record, 20 



Impressions, of leaves, 12 ; of cuttle- 

 fishes, 13 ; of jelly-fishes, 13 ; of 

 fish-lizards, 47 and Appendix V. 



Irish Elk, 240 



