524 



INDEX OF SPECIES. 



Balaina mysticettis, accessory pelvic bones or cartilages 



of, 364. 



, weight of ribs of, 351. 



Balceniceps, 512, 519. 

 BalcBnid<B, 115. 

 Balceninm, 115. 

 Balsenoidea, 110, 115. 

 Balcenoptera, 4, 115. 

 BalceiiopteridcB, 115, 329. 

 Balcenoj'teritue, 115. 

 Balearka, 503, 511. 



pavonina, number of vertebrae in, 511. 



Batistes frenatus, 396, 490. 



niger, 396. 



vetula, 396. 



BatracHa, 517. 

 BatrachidcE, 388. 

 Batrachus Uberiensis, 435. 



pacijtci, 383, 388, 435. 



surinametisis, 388. 



Bdonesox belizanus, 394, 404. 

 Behiga, 96, 97, 98, 114, 115. 



, atlas of, 330. 



, carpus of, 361. 



, cervical vertebrae of, 329, 330, 333. 



leucas, vertebral formula of, 349. 



Belugince, 115. 



Bemicla hrenta, 119, 123. 



rufii-oms, 375. 



Bird, Didiue, of the island of Bourbon, 373. 



, raptorial, 117. 



Birds, fossil, from the Zebbug Cave, Malta, 119-124. 

 , homologies of the maxillary bones of, 501, 



502, 505, 506. 



, homologies of the pelvis in, 517, 518. 



Bittern, Green, 512. 

 Black Dolphin, 23. 

 Blenniidce, 389. 

 Blennins hrevipinnis, 389. 

 " Bolla gadimi," 21. 

 Bombifrons, 135, 136, 137, 139. 



indiciis, 128 note, 140, 149, 150. 



siamensis, 128 note, 144. 



trigonops, 140. 



Botaurus viridis, number of vertebrae in, 511. 

 Brachypteryx, 514, 515. 



australis, 513. 



Brottda midtibarbata, 392, 471. 



Bnjcon dentex, 478. 



Bitceridce, 517. 



Bustards, 72. 



Cachalot, osteology of the, 309-369. 



— — , Snub-nosed, 30. 



Cachalots, 112. 



Caiman, 160, 161, 166. 



iissipes, 160, 161, 163. 



moschifer, 167. 



niger, 160, 162. 



palpebrosui, 167. 



punctulatm, 16.5. 



trigotmius, 167. 



Caiman a paupieres osseuses, 155. 

 Caprimvlgus europxxis, 507. 

 Oarangidai, 387. 

 Carangoides dorsalis, 383, 432. 

 Camyigiis amblyrhynchus, 387. 



cabaUus, 388, 431. 



caninus, 388, 432. 



carangus, 388. 



crumenophthalmus, 387. 



dorsalis, 388, 432. 



hijjpos, 383, 388, 431. 



leucurtis, 387, 430. 



• marginatus, 383, 431. 



panamensis, 383. 



. speciosus, 383, 387, 431. 



Carapvs fasciatus, 395, 404, 489. 

 Carcliarias maculipinnis, 396, 490. 

 Cariama, 72, 508. 

 Cassowary, 517. 

 Casuarius, 70, 74, 76. 

 Catodon australis, 32. 



macrocephalus, 33. 



Centropomus appendiadatus, 385, 406. 



annatus, 383, 385, 408. 



ensiferus, 385, 408. 



medius, 385, 406. 



nigrescens, 385, 407. 



paraUelm, 385,407. 



Centropristis macropoma, 385, 409. 

 Cepphv^ grylle, 375. 

 Cetacea, 17, 87, 171. 



, classification of the, 113-115. 



, comparison of characters of, 44, 45. 



, progression or succession in, 45. 



, teeth of, 44. 



