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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Table of Contents . . . 



List of Illustrations . . . . . 



Preface ......... 



Table of Stratified Eoeks . 



Introduction ........ 



Vebtebbata. 

 Class 1.— MAMMALIA. 

 Hatube of Deposits 

 Sub-class 1. MoNODELPHiA(Eutlieria). 



Order I. Primates (Man) 



Sub-order 1. Anthhopoidea (Monkeys) 

 „ ,, 2. Lemuroidea (Lemurs) . 

 Order II. Carxivora (Flesh-eating Animals) 



Sub-order 1. Fissipedia (Lion, Cat, &c.) . 

 „ „ 2. Pixxii'KiiiA (Seals, Walrus, &c.) 

 Order III. Ixsectivora (Moles, Shrews, &c.) 

 „ IV. Chiroptera (Bats). .... 

 „ V. Rodextia y Gnawing Animals) 



Sub-order 1. Simplicidextata (Squirrel, Bearer, Eat, &c 

 „ „ 2. Deplicidextata (Hares and Rabbits) . 

 Order TI. Ukgoxata (Hoofed Animals) 



Sub-order 1. Proboscidea (Elepliants) 

 „ „ 2. Htracoidea (Conies) 

 ,, „ 3. Amblypoda (Cori/phodon) 

 „ „ 4. Dixocekata (Dinoceras) . 

 „ „ . 5. Coxdylaethra (Periptychw) 

 ,, „ 6. Toxodoxtia (Toxodon) . 

 ,, ,, 7. Astrapotheria (Astrapotherium) 

 „ „ 8. Litopter.va {Macro," chenia) . 

 „ „ 9. Perissodactyla (Tapir, Rhinoceros, Horse, &c.) 

 „ „ 10. Abtiodactyla (Pig, Deer. Camel, &c.) 

 Order VII. Sirenta (Dugong, Manatee) . 



,, VIII. Cetacba (Whales) .... 



„ IX. Elextata (Sloth, Armadillo 1 ) 



Sub-class 2. Didelphia (Metatheria) . 

 Order X. Marsepialia (Kangaroo, Wombat, ho.) 



Sub-class 3. Orxitholelphia (Prototheria) 

 Order XI. Moxotkemata ..... 

 Class 2— AVES (Birds) . 

 Order I. 8ATTRUB.E (Lizard-tailed Birds) Archceopteryx 



„ II. Eatits 



a. Birds with Teeth, Hesperornis .... 



b. Birds without Teeth, Dinomis, &c. .... 

 Order III. Carixat.e 



a. Birds with Teeth, Tvhthyornis, &c. 



I. Birds without Teeth (all the later Tertiary and Moder 

 Flying Birds) ....... 



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List of Catalogues and Guides ....... 



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