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INDEX OF SPECIES. 



Otaria jubata, skin and hair of, 534. 



, spino-cranial connexions of, 580. 



, subcutaneous deposit of fat of, 538. 



, usual manner of s wallowing its food, 539. 



, weight of the body of, 534. 



Otidce, 294. 



Otis arabs, 294. 



melanogaster, 328. 



Otus brachyotus, 211. 



Owen, Professor. On Dinomis (Part XIII.) ; con- 

 taining a description of the Sternum in Dinor- 

 nis elephanlopnis and D. rheides, with Notes on 

 that bone in D. crassus and I), casuarimts, 115. 



On Dinomis (Part XIV.) ; containing Contri- 

 butions to the Craniology of the Genus, 123. 



. On Dinomis (Part XV.) ; containing a De- 

 scription of the Skull, Femur, Tibia, Fibida, and 

 Metatarsus of Ajjtornis dcfossor, Owen, from 

 near Oamaru, Middle Island, New Zealand ; 

 with additional Observations on Aptomis otidi- 

 formis, on Notornu manUllii, and on Dinomis 

 curtus, 353. 



. On the Cranium of a Gigantic Bird (Dasomis 



hndinensis, Ow.) from the London Clay of 

 Sheppey, Kent, 145. 



On tho Dodo (Part II.). Notes on the Arti- 

 culated Skeleton of the Dodo (Didus inrptus, 

 Linn.) in the British Museum, 513. 

 Oxylophus afar, 285. 



jacobinus, 286. 



Puhnornis torrpuitus, 280. 



PaJapteryx, 115, 119, 143. 



inyens, 143. 



robustus, 121. 



Parapison, 187. 



rujipes, 105, 188. 



Parus leucomelas, 23s. 



leuconotus, 238. 



Passer canicapillus, 326. 



swainsoni, 269. 



Passeres, 211. 



Pectinator, a genus of llodent Mammalia from North- 

 eastern Africa, Contributions to tho Knowledge 

 of, by Professor W. Peters, 397. 



Pectinator spehii, brain and organs of sense of, 405. 



, dentition of, 400. 



, digestive organs of, 406. 



, description of skeleton of, 401-404. 



Peetinator spelcii, external characters of, 398-400. 



, hoart and organs of respiration of, 406. 



■ , measurements of, 400. 



, measurements of various bones of the 



skeleton of, 404. 

 , organs of excretion and generation of, 



407. 

 Pelecanus philippensis, 330. 



rufescens, 330. 



Pelopoeus bengalensis, 163. 



bilineatus, 163. 



curcatus, 187. 



madraspatanu.1, 101. 



Penthetriajlauiscapidata, 204. 



laticaudata, 325. 



Persian Deer in the Society's Gardens, list of. 337. 

 Peters, Prof. W. Contributions to the knowledge of 



Pectinator, a genus of Rodent Mammalia from 



North-eastern Africa, 397. 

 Petrocincla cyanea, 325. 



saxalilis, 242. 



Pezophaps minor, metatarsus of, 519-522. 



, tibia of, 519 note. 



solitaria, cervical vertebrae of, 515. 



, coracoid of, 518. 



, cranium of, 517. 



, dorsal region of the spine of, 513. 



, dorsal ribs of, 514. 



, dorsal vertebra; of, 515. 



, metacarpus of, 518. 



, metatarsus of, 518-524. 



, pelvis of, 516. 



, scapula of, 518. 



, sternum of, 515. 



, wiug of, 518. 



Phaeton rubricaudatus, 330. 

 Pholidauges leucogaster, 257,316. 

 PhyVopncaste umbrovirens, 232. 

 Phylloscopus abyssinicus, 322. 

 Picidce, 283. 

 Pious hemprichi, 284. 



nubicus, 283. 



Pinnipedia, anatomy of, Part I., on the Walrus (Tri- 



chcchus rosmarus, Linn.), by J. Murie, 411. 

 , , Part. II., Descriptive anatomy of the 



Sea-lion (Otaria jubata), by J. Murie, 527. 

 Pionias meyeri, 280. 

 Pisonitus ruyosus, 165. 



