196 



INDEX. 



Cayman, the pike-muzzled, fossils, 

 187 

 the spectacled, 188 

 Caymans, distinction of the, 222 

 Geutriscus, 405 



aculeatus, 405 

 longirostris, 405 

 velitaris, 405 

 Ceratophytes, 498 

 Cerithium, 489 



gigas, 490 

 Cetacea, fossil, 143 



teeth of, 307 

 Chseropotamus, the, 111 

 Chaetodon, 417 



arcuatus, 418 

 Argus, 418 

 asper, 418 

 aureus, 420 

 canescens, 419 

 canus, 420 

 chirurgus, 419 

 ignotus, 419 

 lineatus, 420 

 macrolepidotus, 419 

 mesoleucus, 419 

 nigricans, 419 

 orbis, 420 

 papilio, 420 

 pinnatiformis, 417 

 pinnatus, 417 

 rhomboides, 401 

 rhombus, 419 

 rostratus, 420 

 saxatilis, 419 

 striatus, 418 

 subarcuatus, 418 

 subaureus, 420 

 substriatus, 418 

 subvespertilio, 417 

 triostegus, 420 

 velifer, 421 

 vespertilio, 417, 418 

 Champses, {Herodotus) 193 

 Chamses of the Ancient Egyptians, 186 

 Chelonia Mydas, 260 

 Chelonian reptiles, 260 

 Chelydes, coracoul bone of the, 267 

 Clupea, 393. 397- 399. 410 

 Bernardi, 425 

 brevissimus, 425 

 cyprinoi'des, 410 

 Davilei, 399 

 dentesse, 425 

 dubia, 399 

 elongata, 399 

 evolans, 410 

 Knorrii, 399 

 Lametherii, 397 



Clupea, megaptera, fossils, 394 

 muraenoi'des, 410 

 Scueuchzeri, 394 

 sprattiformis, 399 

 Clypeaslra, 495 

 Cornua ammonis, 479 

 Coryphaena apoda, 421 



hippurus, 426 

 Cottus, 423 



bicornis, 423 

 Crinoi'dea, 514 

 Crocodile, 180 



Crocodile of Adanson, the black, 177, 

 178. 198 

 the American, 177 

 articulation of, 156 

 of Caen, 236 

 of Ceylon, 177 

 the common, 178. 181 

 the double-crested, 197 

 of the Ganges, 177- 200 

 of the Ganges, common, 175 

 of the Ganges, long-backed, 178 

 of Lacepede, 178 

 the lozenge, 197 

 of the Nile, common, 191 

 properly so called, 186 

 the sacred, 194, 195, 196 

 of Siam, 183 

 slender-muzzled, 190 

 Crocodiles, fossil, 174 



osteology of living, 204, &c. 

 Crocodili, 203 



longirostres, 204 

 Crocodilus, (genus) 202 

 acutus, 203 

 acutus, {Cuv.) 198 

 Africanus, 177 

 Africanus of Laurenti, 178 

 biporcatus, 183. 197. 203 

 biscutatus, (Cuv.) 198. 203 

 cataphractus, {Cuv.) 199. 204 

 cazrinatus, 183 

 galeatus, {Cuv.) 198. 203 

 Gangeticus, 204 

 Lacerta, 178 

 lucius, 187. 202 

 longirostris, 183 

 longirostris, {Sch.) 200 

 Niloticus, (Daud.) 

 oopholis, 183 

 palmatus, 183 



palpebrosus, 183. 190. 192. 202 

 palpebrosus, head of the, 222 

 pentonix, 183 

 priscus, 233, 234. 241. 316 

 porosus, 183. 197 

 priscus, 241 

 rhombifer, 197. 203 



