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INDEX 233
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FIG. PAGE
47. Wings of Rhamphorhynchus _Frontispiece_
1. Lung of the lung-fish Ceratodus 5
2. Attachment of the lower jaw in a Mammal and in a Pterodactyle 12
3. Chaldaean Dragon 15
4. Winged human figure from the Temple of Ephesus 16
5. Flying fish Exocoetus 18
6. Flying Frog 19
7. Flying Lizard (Draco) 20
8. Birds in flight 22
9. Flying Squirrel (Pteromys) 24
10. Bats, flying and walking 25
11. Skeleton of _Pterodactylus longirostris_ 28
12. The skeleton restored 29
13. The animal form restored 30
14. Fore limbs in four types of mammals 38
15. Pneumatic foramen in Pterodactyle bone 46
16. Lungs of the bird Apteryx 48
17. Air cells in the body of an Ostrich 49
18. Lung of a Chameleon 51
19. Brain in Pterodactyle, Mammal, Bird, and Reptiles 53
20. Skull of Kingfisher and Rhamphorhynchus 63
21. Skull of Heron and Rhamphorhynchus 65
22. Palate of Macrocercus and ? Campylognathus 71
23. Lower jaw of Echidna and Ornithostoma 76
24. First two neck vertebrae of Ornithocheirus 81
25. Middle neck vertebrae of Ornithocheirus 83
26. Back vertebra of Ornithocheirus and Crocodile 86
27. Sacrum, with hip bones, of Rhamphorhynchus 88
28. Extremity of tail of _Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus_ 91
29. Hip-girdle bones in Apteryx and Rhamphorhynchus 95
30. Pelvis with prepubic bone in Pterodactylus 96
31. Pelvis with prepubic bones in Rhamphorhynchus 97
32. Pelvis of an Alligator seen from below 98
33. Femora: Echidna, Ornithocheirus, Ursus 100
34. Tibia and fibula: Dimorphodon and Vulture 102
35. Metatarsus and digits in three Pterodactyles 104
36. Sternum in Cormorant and Rhamphorhynchus 108
37. Sternum in Ornithocheirus 109
38. Shoulder-girdle bones in a bird and three Pterodactyles 113
39. The Notarium from the back of Ornithocheirus 115
40. The shoulder-girdle of Ornithocheirus 115
41. Humerus of Pigeon and Ornithocheirus 119
42. Fore-arm of Golden Eagle and Dimorphodon 120
43. Wrist bones of Ornithocheirus 124
44. Clawed digits of the hand in two Pterodactyles 125
45. Claw from the hand of Ornithocheirus 129
46. The hand in Archaeopteryx and the Ostrich 130
48. Slab of Lias with bones of Dimorphodon _To face page_ 143
49. Dimorphodon (restored form) at rest 144
50. Dimorphodon (restored form of the animal) _To face page_ 145
51. Dimorphodon skeleton, walking as a quadruped " " 146
52. Dimorphodon skeleton as a biped " " 147
53. Lower jaw of Dorygnathus 149
54. Dimorphodon (wing membranes spread for flight) _To face page_ 150
55. Pelvis of Dimorphodon 151
56. Rhamphorhynchus skeleton (restored) 161
57. Scaphognathus (restoration of 1875) 163
58. Six restorations of Ornithosaurs 164
59. Ptenodracon skeleton (restored) 167
60. _Cycnorhamphus suevicus_ slab with bones _To face page_ 168
61. _Cycnorhamphus suevicus_ (form of the animal) _To face page_ 169
62. _Cycnorhamphus suevicus_ skeleton (restored) 170
63. _Cycnorhamphus Fraasi_ (restored skeleton form
of the animal) _To face page_ 170
64. _Cycnorhamphus Fraasi_ (restoration of the form
of the body) _To face page_ 171
65. Neck vertebra of Doratorhynchus from the Purbeck 173
66. Neck bone of Ornithodesmus from the Wealden 173
67. Sternum of Ornithodesmus, seen from the front 175
68. Sternum of Ornithodesmus, side view, showing the keel 175
69. Diagram of known parts of skull of Ornithocheirus 177
70. Neck bone of Ornithocheirus 179
71. Jaws of Ornithocheirus from the Chalk 180
72. Palate of the English Toothless Pterodactyle 181
73. Two views of the skull of Ornithostoma (Pteranodon) 182
74. Skeleton of Ornithostoma 183
75. Comparison of six skulls of Ornithosaurs 192
76. Pelvis of Ornithostoma 195
77. Skull of Anchisaurus and Dimorphodon 199
78. Skull of Ornithosuchus and Dimorphodon 201
79. The pelvis in Ornithosaur and Dinosaur 204
80. The prepubic bones in Dimorphodon and Iguanodon 206
These figures are greatly reduced in size, and when two or more
bones are shown in the same figure all are brought to the same size
to facilitate the comparison.
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