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GENERAL INDEX. 



VAN 

 Vanga, beak of, ii. 146 

 Varanus bivittatus, teeth of, i. 404 

 Varanus niloticus, organ of sight of, i, 339 

 pectoral limb, i. 174 

 pelvic arch and limb, i. 190, 191 

 skull, i. 155 

 teeth, i. 386, 404 

 Varanus variegatus, teeth of, i. 404 

 Varanus, vertebral column of, i. 58 

 Vegetative repetition. See Irrelative repe- 

 tition 

 Vertebra, type segment or, i. 27 

 Vertebrates, characters of, i. 1 



developmental characters, i. 3 

 Piscine modification, i. 4 

 Keptilian modification, i. 5 

 Avian modification, i. 6 

 Mammalian modification, i. 6 

 genetic and thermal distinction, i.6 

 orders of Hsematocrya, i. 7 

 osseous system, i. 19 



classes of bone, i, 26 

 composition, i. 19 

 development, i. 21 

 growth, i. 23 

 sub-classes of Hsematocrya, or cold- 

 blooded Vertebrates, i. 7 

 Vespertilio, hybernation of, ii. 4 

 muscles, iii. 4 

 organ of hearing, iii. 229 

 skull, ii. 387 

 spleen, iii. 562 

 Vespertilio emarginatus, development of, 



iii. 730 

 Vespertilia murinus, bones of the limbs of, 

 ii. 392 

 alimentary canal, iii. 429 

 organ of taste, iii. 192 

 teeth, iii. 310 

 Vespertilio noctula, development of, iii. 730, 

 731 

 myelon, iii. 74 

 organ of hearing, iii. 74 

 Vespertilio serotinus, male organs of gene- 

 ration of, iii. 657 

 Vinago, characters of, ii. 10 

 Vipera (Echidna) arietans, lungs of, i. 624 

 Vipera berus, female organs of generation, 

 i. 586 

 development, i. 636, 637 

 organ of sight, i. 338 

 poison-glands, i. 563 

 teeth, i. 397 

 Vipera cerastes, ovulation in, i. 599 



teguments, i. 554 

 Viperida?, lungs of, i. 524 



oviposition, i. 616 

 Vital force in Eeptiles, i. 315 

 Viverra civetta, anal glands of, iii. 637 

 female organs of generation, iii. 700 

 limb-bones, ii. 509 

 skull, ii. 502 

 vertebral column, ii. 492 



ZIP 



Viverra genetta, anal glands of, iii. 637 



limb-bones, ii. 510 



mammary glands, iii. 780 

 Viverra zibetta, male organs of generation 



of, iii. 670 

 Viverridse, teeth of, iii. 330 

 Vocal organ in Aves, ii. 221-223 

 Voice in Mammalia, iii. 583 

 Vole, musk, skull of, ii. 375 

 Vole, water, osseous system of, ii. 381 

 Volitores, characters of, ii. 10 



alimentary canal of, iii. 421 



pelvis, ii. 32 



sternum, ii. 28 

 Vomer, characters of, i. xxxiii. 

 Vulture, heart of, ii. 185 



liver, ii. 174 



organ of sight, ii. 139 



osseous system, ii. 19, 58, 69 



scent-follicles, ii. 230 



spleen, ii. 230 



WALRUS, bones of, ii. 490, et seq. 

 teeth, iii. 338 

 tusks, iii. 338 

 Weasel, teeth of, iii. 333 



bones, ii. 501 

 Whale, skeleton of, ii. 280 

 bones, ii. 415 

 brain, iii. 119 

 Wings of Aves, ii. 94 

 Wolf, bones of, ii. 492, et seq. 

 Wombat, brain of, iii. 104, 106 

 osseous system, ii. 330 



XENODERMUS, teguments of, i. 554 

 Xiphodon, characters of, ii. 286 

 Xiphosurus velifer, dermoskeleton of, i. 



198 

 Xiphias, alimentary canal of, i. 420 

 gills, i. 479 

 liver, i. 427 

 locomotion, i. 252 

 organ of sight, i. 332, 334 

 pelvic arch and limb, i. 179 

 skull, i. 107, 118; ii. 64 

 vertebral column, i. 38 



ZEBRA. See Equus zebra 

 Zeuglodon (syn. SquaJodon), skeleto 



of, ii. 424 

 teeth, iii. 266, 284, 369 

 Zeus, gills of, i. 480 



skull, i. 119 

 Ziphius, limb-bones of, ii. 427, 428 

 teeth, iii. 265 

 vertebral column, ii. 419 



