INDEX 



The asterisk denotes that the animal or object is figured on or 

 opposite the page referred to. 



^Epyornis, egg of, 121, 120,* 122, 130 



eggs found in swamps, 122; found floating, 122 



eggs used for bowls, 121 



origin of fable of Roc, 119 

 Alaskan Live Mammoth Story, 153-155 

 Ankylosaurus, 95, 187 

 AnomcEpus tracks, 26 

 Apteryx egg, 122 

 Archseopteryx, description of, 55, 56 



discovery of, 56 



earliest known bird, 51* 



restoration, 68* 



specimens of, 55, 56 



wing, 52,* 66* 

 Archelon, a great turtle, 39, 40* 

 Asphalt beds at La Brea, 188 



Basilosaurus, 44 



See also Zeuglodon 

 Beehler, L. W., 166, 169 

 Birds, always clad in feathers, 51, 106 



earliest, 51 



first intimation of, 55 



rarity of fossil, 62 



related to reptiles, 82 



wings of embryonic, 67 



with teeth, 56, 61 

 Bison, European, 182 

 Books of reference, 10, 21, 31, 49, 68, 79, 96, 113, 130, 143, 



158, 174, 192 



195 



