INDEX OF SPECIES. 
Pelecanus, ilium of, 333. 
, ischium of, 334. 
——., lumbar vertebra of, 327. 

— , lumbo-sacral vertebre of, 328. 
—., pelvis of, 331-333. 
——,, pubis of, 333. 
, Tibs of, 334, 335. 
, sacral vertebrie of, 328. 


, sacro-caudal vertebra of, 329. 

, sternal ribs of, 335. 

——, sternum of, 335, 336. 
, vertebral ribs of, 334. 
mitratus, 315, 328, 329. 
onocratalus, 315. 
rufescens, 315. 
Pelvic girdle, Mr. Thatcher’s conception of the ge- 
nesis of the, 468. 
Petroica bicolor, 311. 
monticola, 311. 
Petromyzon marinus, 467. 
Phaéton, 364, 365. 
Phalacrocorax, atlas of, 345. 
, axial skeleton of, 344-353, 
——,, axis of, 346. 
, caudal yertebree of, 350. 
, cervical vertebre of, 345-348. 
--——, cervico-dorsal vertebree of, 348. 
, characters of the genus, 368. 
——.,, dorsal vertebre of, 349. 
——,, ilium of, 351. 
, ischium of, 352. 
——., lumbar vertebre of, 349. 
—, lumbo-sacral vertebre of, 349. 
——,, pelvis of, 350, 351. 
-—.,, pubis of, 352. 
, tibs of, 352. 
, sacral vertebrse of, 350. 
, sacro-caudal vertebre of, 350. 
——.,, sternal ribs of, 352. 













, sternum of, 353. 
——, vertebral ribs of, 352. 
—— bicristatus, 345. 


brasiliensis, 345. 
carbo, 345. 
Phalena brachyura, 517. 
orithea, 507, 509, 528, 529, 531, 541. 
—— lunus, 527. 
Phrygilus fruticeti, 270, 311, 313. 



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Phrygilus fruticeti, skull of, 270. 
Physeter bidens, 415. 
rara, 255, 311, 312. 
» Skull of, 255. 



Pipra auricapilla, 311. 
monstrosa, 192. 

Pitta melanocephala, 311. 
Platalea leucorodia, 259. 
Plectrophanes nivalis, 270, 311, 313. 
—— — , skull of, 270. 
Plotus anhinga, 353, 357, 358, 361. 
, atlas of, 354. 
, axial skeleton of, 353-365. 
, axis of, 354. 
, caudal vertebra of, 362. 
, cervical yertebree of, 354-359. 
, cervico-dorsal vertebrae of, 359. 
, characters of the genus, 370. 
, dorsal vertebre of, 360. 
, ilium of, 363. 
, ischium of, 363. 
——, lumbar vertebre of, 361. 
, lumbo-sacral yertebre of, 361. 
——., pelvis of, 362. 
—,, pubis of, 363. 
, ribs of, 363, 364. 
, sacral vertebre of, 361. 
, sacro-caudal vertebrae of, 362. 
——, sternal ribs of, 364. 














——, sternum of, 364. 
, vertebral ribs of, 363. 
nove-hollandic, 353, 355, 357, 358. 
Polyodon folium, 439, 457. 
, ventral fin of, 457, 483. 
Polypterus bichir, 439, 458, 474. 
——, anal fin of, 458, 484. 
, ventral fin of, 458, 484. 
Pontocypris angustata, 381. 
faba, 380, 381, 382, 408. 
mytiloides, 381, 382. 
—— propinqua, 380, 381, 382, 408. 
trigonella, 381, 383. 
Pratincola rubetra, 261, 262, 289, 292, 312. 514. 
, skull of, 289. 
Prionochilus aureolimbatus, 254, 311, 312. 
, skull of, 254. 
Pristiophorus japonicus, 439, 452. 
, caudal fin of, 453, 483. 
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