INDEX. 



269 



K 



King Crabs, habits of, 31 

 Konig, 38 



Laramie beds, 116 



Lariosaurus, 59 



Legends. Vid. Giants. 



Leidy, Professor, 143 



Leiodon, 142 



Lias rocks, 35, 38, 40, 43, 47 



Lyell, Sir Charles, on floods, 17 ; on 

 ideas of the ancients, 34 ; on 

 sudden destruction of fish-lizards, 

 51 ; on tracks in Connecticut 

 Sandstone, 8 1 ; on Mammoth, 213 



M 



Mammals, evolution of, 152 



Mammoth, distinct from living ele- 

 phants, 193 ; finding of, by Adams, 

 201 ; by Benkendorf, 205 ; how 

 preserved, 209 ; food of, 210 ; 

 extinction of, 213 ; primitive draw- 

 ing of, 214 ; legends of, 195-200 



Mantell, Dr. G. A., 63 ; on " Medals 

 of Creation," 85 ; discovery of 

 Iguanodon, 93, 98 ; on jaws and 

 teeth of ditto, 96 ; on Wealden 

 strata, 96 ; discovery of Hylaeo- 

 saurus, 103 ; on analogies of 

 Iguanodon and Sloths, 96 ; on dis- 

 covery of Mosasaurus, 135 



Mantell, Mr. Walter, on Moa-birds, 

 230-232 



Marsh, Prof. O. C., on classification 

 of Dinosaurs, 65 ; on Brontosaurus, 

 66; on Atlantosaurus, 70; his 

 collection at Yale College, 72 ; on 

 Megalosaurus, 78 ; on tracks of 

 Dinosaurs, etc., 7 9; on Ceratosaurus, 

 84 ; on ancient vertebrate life in 

 America, no; on reptiles and 

 birds, 109 ; on Stegosaurus, 1 10, 

 114; on Triceratops, 115, 119; 

 his collection of Pterodactyls, 129 ; 

 on Sea-serpents, 139 ; on Dino- 

 cerata, 149, 153; on explorations 

 in the Far West, 159, 160; on 

 footprints of Mylodon, 185 

 Mastodon, 218 ; bones and teeth first 

 described, 220 ; discovery of, by 

 M. de Longueil, 221 ; exhibited as 



"the Missouri Leviathan," 222; 

 legends of, 225 



Medals of Creation. Vid. Mantell. 



Megaceros. Vid. Irish Elk. 



Megalosaurus, 76 ; localities of, 76 ; 

 teeth of, 77 ; habits of, 78 ; skeleton 

 of, 78 (Fig. 8) 



Megatherium, 181 ; habits of, 182 



Miller, Hugh, 26 



Miocene period, 161,219 



Moa-birds, first discovery of, 227 ; 

 letter to Prof. Owen, 228; W. 

 Mantell on, 230 ; species of, 232 ; 

 native traditions of, 234 ; ^Epyornis, 

 235 ; geographical distribution of 

 giant birds, 236 ; a new find of 

 Moas, 237 



Monitors, 136 



Morosaurus, 71 



Mosasaurus, head, etc., found by Hoff- 

 man, 134; origin of name, 135 ; head 

 of, 137; structure of, 142 ; habits of, 

 139 ; Cuvier's opinion of, 136 ; Cope 

 on Sea-serpents, 139 ; Marsh's 

 collection of ditto, 139 



Museum at Brussels, 99 



Mylodon, 183, 185 



N 



Neusticosaurus, 59 



New Red Sandstone period, 79 ; 



tracks in New Red Sandstone, 80 

 Nodules, phosphatic, 13 



O 



Old Red Sandstone, 26, 27 



Omosaurus, no 



Ornithopoda, a group of Dinosaurs, 

 87 



Ornithopsis, 74 



Ornithosauria, 132. Vid. Pterodactyls. 



Owen, Sir R., 2, 37, 40, 88 ; on 

 Ichthyosaurus, 45, 49 : on Ple- 

 siosaurus, 54> 5^ on Dinosaurs, 

 64, 73 ; on Cetiosaurus, 73 ; on 

 Megalosaurus, 77 ; on Iguano- 

 don, 95 ; on Scelidosaurus, 106 ; 

 on Pterodactyls, 125, 130; on Sea- 

 serpents, 138 ; on Megatherium, 

 181 ; on Mammoth, 210-212 ; on 

 Mastodon, 219 ; on Dinornis, 227, 

 232 



