WING OF A BIRD, SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE FEATHERS 91

PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF STRATA OF THE EARTH'S CRUST,

WITH SUGGESTIONS OF CHARACTERISTIC FOSSILS (_Coloured

Illustration_) 92

FOSSIL OF A PTERODACTYL OR EXTINCT FLYING DRAGON 94

Photo: British Museum (Natural History).

PARIASAURUS: AN EXTINCT VEGETARIAN TRIASSIC REPTILE 94

From Knipe's _Nebula to Man_.

TRICERATOPS: A HUGE EXTINCT REPTILE 95

From Knipe's _Nebula to Man_.

THE DUCKMOLE OR DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS OF AUSTRALIA 95

Photo: _Daily Mail_.

SKELETON OF AN EXTINCT FLIGHTLESS TOOTHED BIRD, HESPERORNIS 100

After Marsh.

SIX STAGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE, SHOWING GRADUAL

INCREASE IN SIZE 101

After Lull and Matthew.

DIAGRAM SHOWING SEVEN STAGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE

FORE-LIMBS AND HIND-LIMBS OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE MODERN

HORSE, BEGINNING WITH THE EARLIEST KNOWN PREDECESSORS OF

THE HORSE AND CULMINATING WITH THE HORSE OF TO-DAY 104

After Marsh and Lull.

WHAT IS MEANT BY HOMOLOGY? ESSENTIAL SIMILARITY OF

ARCHITECTURE, THOUGH THE APPEARANCES MAY BE VERY

DIFFERENT 105

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