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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
FLYING REPTILES . . 1
CHAPTER II.
HOW A REPTILE IS KNOWN . ... 4
CHAPTER III.
A REPTILE IS KNOWN BY ITS BONES . 11
CHAPTER IV.
ANIMALS WHICH FLY . . . . . 15
CHAPTER V.
DISCOVERY OF THE PTERODACTYL . . . . 27
CHAPTER VI.
HOW ANIMALS ARE INTERPRETED BY THEIR BONES . 37
CHAPTER VII.
INTERPRETATION OF PTERODACTYLS BY THEIR SOFT
PARTS . . . ... 45
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PLAN OF THE SKELETON . . . . 58
CHAPTER IX.
THE BACKBONE, OR VERTEBRAL COLUMN . . . 78
CHAPTER X.
THE HIP-GIRDLE AND HIND LIMB. • • 93
CHAPTER XI.
SHOULDER-GIRDLE AND FORE LIMB . . . 107
CHAPTER XII.
v EVIDENCES OF THE ANIMAL'S HABITS FROM ITS REMAINS 134
CHAPTER XIII.
ANCIENT ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE LIAS . . 143
CHAPTER XIV.
ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE MIDDLE SECONDARY ROCKS 153
CHAPTER XV.
ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE UPPER SECONDARY ROCKS. I?2
CHAPTER XVI.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE ORNITHOSAURIA . . 187
CHAPTER XVII.
FAMILY RELATIONS OF PTERODACTYLS TO ANIMALS WHICH LIVED WITH THEM . ... 196
CHAPTER XVIII.
HOW PTERODACTYLS MAY HAVE ORIGINATED . .213
APPENDIX . . . . . * . 231
INDEX . , 233