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INDEX 



as source of Tertiary mammalia, 

 244, 397 ; ancestral types of coypu, 

 283; Cuban cave man, 285; geologi- 

 cal history of South America, 841 ; 

 origin of American bears, 351 ; origin 

 of Visoaciidae, 353, 354 ; lemuroid 

 remains in Patagonia, 364, 365 ; 

 South Atlantic land-bridge, 365, 

 370, 371 ; sloth remains, 365 ; 

 opossum remains, 367 ; freshwater 

 deposits of Buenos Aires, 397 ; dis- 

 coveries of Tertiary fauna, 397, 398; 

 ancestors of huanaco, 408 



Amemrus cantonensis, 89 



Ameiva, 288 



American animals in Asia, 85, 86 



Amia calva, 163 



Amiidae, 163 



Amphibians, in Hudson Bay region, 

 37 ; relationships of east American 

 and Asiatic, 135 — 137; relationship 

 of American and south European, 

 137, 138, 172 ; rarity of, in south- 

 western States, 204 



Amphibulima, 271 



Amphicyclotus, 257, 268 



Amphipyra pyramidea, 214 



Amphisbaena, 288, 375 ; ridleyi, 385 



Amphisbaenidae, 173, 202, 288, 375 



Amphiuma means, 172 



Ampullaria, origin in Brazil, 362 ; 

 absent from Chile, 405 



Anadenulus, 212 



Anadenus, 213 



Anuria, melanopa, 22, 36 ; leucocycla, 

 22 ; lapponica, 22 



Anoey, southern distribution of mol- 

 lusks explained by Antarctic con- 

 tinent, 423 



Anchitherium, 148 



Andebsen, geographical distribution 

 of bats, 299 



Andes, flora related to that of Rocky 

 Mountains, 104 



Andeeae, Atlantic land-bridge in 

 Miocene times, 272 ; distribution of 

 Adelopoma, 257 



Andeews, fossils of the Payum in 

 Africa, 358, 373 ; land connection 

 between South America and north 

 Africa, 278, 373 



Androdcm, 350 



Anemone, origin and distribution of, 



114 

 Anguidae, 202, 281, 347, 348 

 Anguis, 281 

 Anmiella, 202 

 Anniellidae, 202 

 Anodons on Pacific slope of North 



America, 162 

 Anodonta, rnarginata, 52 ; kennicotti, 



52 ; pepiniana, 52 

 Anops, 376; kingi, 376; africami^, 376 



Anosia archippus, 117 



Antarctic continent, 419 — 426 



Ants, in Bermuda, 189 ; in south-wes- 

 tern States, 215—217 



Antilles, characteristics of fauna, 261; 

 geology and form of islands, 262, 

 264, 286 ; past geography as shown 

 by mollusks, 265—271 ; affinities of 

 fauna, 265 — 278; aflBnities explained 

 by laud-bridge, 274 ; mammalian 

 fauna, 282—285 ; birds of, 289 ; 

 summary of geological development, 

 292—294 ; Bahamas, 288, 289 ; 

 Cuba, 261, 262, 285, 290, 291 ; 

 Jamaica, 284, 288 ; Portorico, 288 



" Antillean continent," 237, 241 



Antilocapra americana, 112 



Antilocapridae, 112, 113 



Antlers of deer, development; of, 108, 

 111, 112 



Aphallarion, 212 



Aplexa hypnorum, 72 



Aplodcmtia, 228 



Apocrypha, 413 



" Apollo " butterflies,, 90, 91 



Appellc^p, opposition to subsidence 

 theory of Faroe Bank, 17, 18 



Archaean land-mass in .West Indian 

 region, 177 



Arctia guemselii, 36 ; caja, 214 



Arctoryctes, 246, 404 



Arctotherium vetustus, 351 



Arenicola marina, 16 



Argentina, 395, 396 ; geological his- 

 tory of, 397 ; former climate, 401 ; 

 connections with North America, 

 402, 403 ; with Australia, 403, 404 



Argyrmis, 235, 413 ; chariclea, 22 ; 

 polaris, 22 



