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INDEX. 



Alcyonium, 431§ 

 Alcyonoids, 481§, 525 



Alder, S37, 922 



Alethopteris, 639, 645, 671, 685, 698, 

 699, 704, 756; discrepans, 622; 

 gigas, 705; Helen*, 645; lonchi- 

 tica, 070*, 689 ; Serlli, 689 ; Whit- 

 byensis, 791 



Aleutian Islands, 40, 296 



AlgiB, 56, 60, 72, 79, 140, 153, 156, 

 241 ; the earliest plants, 409*, 441, 

 454 ; in hot waters, 152, 308, 437, 

 441, 454 



Algeria, 920 



Algerite, 320 



Algonkian formation, 445, 447, 469 



Alleghany Mts., 41, 106, 188, 636, 

 638, 745 ; plants on summits, 

 driven south by the ice, 946 



Alligator, 54, 55, 681 



Allodon, 768 ; fortis, 767* ; laticeps, 

 767* 



Allomys, 918 



Allophane, 638 



Allorchestes, 347 



AUorisnia subcuneata, 675*, 690 



Allosaurus, 766 ; medius, 836 



Alluvial cones, 99, 194§, 195*, 196 



Alluvium, 81§, 98, 191, 198, 200, 228, 

 366 



Almond, 921 



Alps, 23, 32, 110, 233, 234 (snow- 

 line), 265, 266, 310, 367*, 368* 391, 

 463, 738, 812, 943 ; coal-formation, 

 734 ; glaciers of, 235*, 236*, 237*, 

 239, 243, 244, 248, 251 ; great fault 

 in, 734 ; section, east of Lucerne, 

 102* 



— , Archaean in, 368 ; Upper Silu- 

 rian, 573: Triassic, 757, 768, 769, 

 773, 774; Jurassic, 774, 780, 791, 

 793; Cretaceous, 859, 864; Ter- 

 tiary, 347, 367, 380, 919, 920, 

 921, 982 (upturning), 936 (eleva- 

 tion) 



Altai Mts., 32, 33, 200, 568, 569 



Altamaha grits, 891 



Alum Bluif sands, 890, 891 



Alum shale, 80§ 



Alumina, 61§ 



Aluminum sulphates, alums, 119, 

 126, 138, 294, 335 



Araaltheus ibex, 790 ; spinatus, 790 



Amargura Island, 296 



Amazon Eiver, 24, 30 ; drainage 

 area of, 172; eager, 212, 215; 

 floods of, 177, 188 ; slope of, 178 



Amazonian group, 867 



Amber, 143, 838, 922 



Amblotherium, 789* 



Amblygonite, 449 



Amblypterus, 692, 702, 772 



Amblyrhiza inundata, 1001 



Ambocoelia gregaria, 621 ; umbo- 

 nata, 598*, 601, 62^), 621 



Ambonicardia Cookii, 887 



Ambonychia attenuata, 514 ; belli- 

 striata, 507* ; radiata, 511*, 516 



Amboy clays, 837 



Ambrym Island, 296 



American continent, North, growth 

 of, 714-716 



Amia, 418, 901 ; Amia family, 783, 

 869 



Amianthus, 319§ 



Ammodon beds, 894 



Ammonia, 124, 137 



Ammonites, or Ammonoids, 402, 

 424, 869 ; Devonian, 869 (first) ; 

 Permian, 686 ; Triassic, 756, 757*, 

 771; Jurassic, 749, 758*, 759*, 

 760, 781* (number of British), 

 791, 792, 793, 861, 869 ; Cretaceous, 

 812, 818, 836, 841, 842*, 855, 861, 

 862*, 865, 867, 869, 877 



Ammonites, 757, 774, 916 ; acanthi- 

 cus, 791 ; aspidioides, 790 ; Astier- 

 ianus, 865; athleta, 791 ; auritus, 

 865 ; bifrons, 790 ; bimammatus, 

 790 ; biplex, 760, 791 ; Bucklandi, 



790 ; Burgundia>, 790 ; canalicula- 

 tus, 790; complexus, 855; conca- 

 vus, 760 ; cordatus, 790 ; cristatus, 

 865; decipiens, 790; Delawaren- 

 sis, 854 ; Deshayesi, 864 ; discus, 

 790 ; ferrugineus, 790 ; Gallic!, 

 866 ; Gaytani, 792 ; Gervillianus, 

 865 ; gigas, 791 ; Gowerianus, 790 ; 

 Guadalupae, 855; Herveyi, 790; 

 Humphriesianus, 790; ibex, 790; 

 intlatus, 805; interruptus, 865; 

 Jamesoni, 790 ; jugalis, 916 ; Ju- 

 rensis, 790 ; Lamberti, 790; lautus, 

 865 ; Leonensis, 837 ; Lewesiensis, 

 862; M'Clintoeki, 760, 792; macro- 

 cephalus, 790, 791 ; mammillaris, 

 865 ; MariiB, 790 ; Mississippien- 

 sis, 854 ; Mullananus, 855 ; Mur- 

 chisona- , 790 ; mutabilis, 790 ; 

 Noricus, 865 ; Parkinsoni, 790, 



791 ; pedernalis, 836 ; peramplus, 

 866 ; placenta, 842* ; planorbis, 

 790 ; pleurasepta, 855 ; phcatilis, 

 790 ; ptychoicus, 791 ; radians, 

 790 ; radiatus, 865 ; Rhotomagen- 

 sis, 866 ; serpentinus, 790 ; spi- 

 natus, 790 ; suprajurensis, 791 ; 

 Svvallovi, 854; tenuilobatus, 790; 

 Texanus, 855, 866 ; tricarinatus, 

 866; varicosus, 865; vespertinus, 

 867 ; Wosnessenski, 760 



Ammonium chloride, 294 ; nitrates, 



118 

 Ammosaurus, 758 

 Amnigenia, 612§ 

 Amceba, 483 ; Amoeboids, 419 

 Ampelite, 81§ 

 Amphibamus grandiceps, 682, 683*, 



692 

 Amphibians, 54, 409* (time range), 



414, 415, 416, 417, 681, 706, 795, 796 

 — , Keign of, 460 

 — , Relation to Mammals, 794 

 — , Paleozoic, 725-726, 727 

 — , Subcarboniferous, 643, 644, 645*, 



700 

 — , Carboniferous, 657, 661, 674, 681, 



682, 683*, 684, 692, 698, 703, 704, 726 

 — , Permian, 686*, 687*, 706, 869 

 — , Triassic, 742, 751*, 758, 772*, 



796, 869 

 — , Jurassic, 760, 796 

 — , Cretaceous, 826, 869, 870 

 Amphibole, 67§ 



Amphibolyte, 89§ 

 Amphigene, 85 



Amphigenia elongata, 579, 590 

 Amphilestes, 789*; Broderipi, 789* 

 Aniphion, 500, 502, 516, 321 ; Cana- 

 densis, 502* 

 Amphioxus, 418§, 725 

 Amphipods, 420*, 421§, 438, 489§, 



565, 707 

 Amphitragulus, 926 

 Amphitylus, 789* 

 Amplexus, 552 ; Hamiltoniie, 601 

 AmpuUina, Fischeri, 917 ; solidula, 



916 

 Ampyx, 481, 500, 520, 521 ; nudus, 



519*, 520 ; Salter!, 520 

 Amsopus Deweyanus, 751*; graci- 

 lis, 751* 

 Amusium, 760, 917 ; Mortoni, 917 ; 



simplicum, 854, 855 

 Amygdalocystites, 514 

 Amygdaloidal cavities, 68, 98, 336, 



337, 342 

 — rocks, 78§ 

 Amygdules, 389 

 Amynodon, 907, 918 

 Amyzon beds, 886, 893 

 Anabacia hemisphserica, 790 

 Anacodon, 918 

 Analcite, 68, 389 



Analyses of bones, 73 ; of coal (see 

 Coal); coprolites, 78; corals, 72; 

 granite, 82, 88 ; limestones, 78, 

 79 ; plants, 74, 75 ; shells, 72 ; vol- 

 canic rocks, 82-89 

 Ananchytes, 59 ; ovalis, 854 ; ovatus, 



860*, 866 

 Anaptomorphus, 918 ; homunculus, 



906* 

 Anarthrocanna Perryana, 622 

 Anastrophia, 562, 579 ; interplicata, 



548*, 551, 509 ; Verneuili, 561* 

 Anatifa, 420*, 421§ 

 Anatimya papyracea, 855 

 Anchippodus, 904, 918 ; minor, 904*, 



905 

 Anchisaurida?, 792 

 Anchisaurus, 758; colurus, 753* 

 Anchitherium, 911, 919, 927 

 Anchor-ice, 232§ 

 Anchura abrupta, 854; Americana, 



841*, 855 

 Ancilla ancillops, 916 

 Ancodus, 918 



Ancyloceras, 760 ; gigas, 865 ; Math- 

 eronianum, 862* ; Eemondi, 760, 

 837 

 Andalusite, 65*§, 66, 83, 310, 315, 



318, 319, 449 

 Andalusitic rocks, 82, 83, 84 

 Andes, earthquake in, 349 ; glaciers 

 in, 977 ; height of, 26, 296 ; slopes 

 of, 27, 31 ; snow line of, 234 ; vol- 

 canoes, 296, 297 

 — , Archfean in, 456 ; Carboniferous, 

 711 ; Jurassic, 760 ; Cretaceous, 

 857 ; Tertiary, 865, 392, 935 ; Qua- 

 ternary, 892 

 Andesite, 64§, 273 

 Andesyte, 86§, 87, 272, 273, 276, 



801*, 304, 839, 341, 518, 811 

 — rocks, 273, 274, 296 



