524 



INDEX OF SPECIES. 



Balana mijsticettis, accessory pelvic bones or cartilages 

 of, 364. 



, weight of ribs of, 351. 



Balmniceps, 512, 519. 

 Balcenidce, 115. 

 Balcenince, 115. 

 Balaenoidea, 110, 115. 

 Balcenoptera, 4, 115. 

 Balmwpteridoe, 115, 329. 

 Baloenopterinm, 115. 

 Balearica, 503, 511. 



pavonhia, number of vertebrae in, 511. 



Balistes frenatus, 396, 490. 



niger, 396. 



vetula, 396. 



Batrachia, 517. 

 Batrachidce, 388. 

 Batrachus liberiensis, 435. 



2}m:ifici, 383, 388, 435. 



surinamensis, 388. 



Belonesox belizanus, 394, 404. 

 Beluga, 96, 97, 98, 114, 115. 



, atlas of, 330. 



, carpus of, 361. 



, cervical vertebrae of, 329, 330, 333. 



hums, vertebral formula of, 349. 



BeluginoB, 115. 



Bemicla hrenta, 119, 123. 



ruJicoUis, 37-5. 



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



, raptorial, 117. 



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



, homologies of the maxiUary bones of, 501, 



502, 505, 506. 



, homologies of the pelvis in, 517, 518. 



Bittern, Green, 512. 

 Black Dolphin, 23. 

 Blenniidce, 389. 

 Blenniiis hrevipinnU, 389. 



" BoUa gadimi," 21. 



Bombifrons, 135, 136, 137, 139. 



indicus, 128 note, 140, 149, 150. 



siamensis, 128 note, 144. 



trigonops, 140. 



Botaurus viridis, number of vertebrae in, 511. 



Brachypteryx, 514, 515. 



ausiraUs, 513. 



Brotula multibarbata, 392, 471. 



Brycon dentex, 478. 



Buceridoe, 517. 



Bustards, 72. 



Cachalot, osteology of the, 309-369. 



, Snub-nosed, 30. 



Cachalots, 112. 

 Caiman, 160, 161, 166. 



fissipes, 160, 161, 163. 



moscliifer, 167. 



niger, 160, 162. 



palpebrosus, 167. 



punctulatus, 16.5. 



trigonatus, 167. 



Caiman a paupieres osseuses, 155. 

 Oaprimuigus europoeus, 507. 

 Oarangidce, 387. 

 Carangoides dorsalis, 383, 432. 

 Carangiis amblyrhyncfius, 387. 



caballus, 388, 431. 



canimis, 388, 432. 



carangus, 388. 



crumenophthalmiis, 387. 



dorsalis, 388, 432. 



hippos, 383, 388, 431. 



Uucurus, 387, 430. 



marginatus, 383, 431. 



panamensis, 383. 



speciosus, 383, 387, 431. 



Carapusfasciatus, 395, 404, 489. 

 Carcluirias maculipinnis, 396, 490. 

 Cariama, 72, 508. 

 Cassowary, 517. 

 Casuarius, 70, 74, 76. 

 Catodon australis, 32. 



macrocephalus, 33. 



Gentropomus appendicvlatus, 385, 406. 



armatus, 383, 385, 408. 



ensiferus, 385, 408. 



medius, 385, 406. 



nigrescens, 385, 407. 



parallelus, 385, 407. 



Centropristis macropoma, 385, 409. 

 Cepphus grylle, 375. 

 Cetaoea, 17, 87, 171. 



, classification of the, 113-115. 



, comparison of characters of, 44, 45. 



, progression or succession in, 45. 



, teeth of, 44. 



