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INDEX

A
Acadia, 134
Acanthaspis, 167
Acceleration, 16, 17, 108, 145, 149, 233,
252, 268, 279, 280
Action and reaction, 5, 6, 12 - 23, 39, 53, 54,
58, 68, 69, 71, 77, 80, 88, 98, 100, 106,
110, 117, 118, 120, 142 - 145, 147, 150,
152, 154, 160, 231, 242, 244 - 246, 271,
279 - 283
Adaptation, 7, 8, 10, 20, 23, 38, 46, 58, 143,
144, 151 - 159, 174, 208, 225, 232, 236,
239 - 249, 253 - 259, 262, 266, 273, 275,
277, 281, 282 ; see Adaptive radiation,
Convergence, Divergence, Food adapta-
tions, Habitat adaptations; alternate,
201, 203, 236, 240, 243 ; convergent, 155
(Fig.), 200 (Fig.), 207 (Fig.); reversed,
201, 203, 204, 236, 240 241, 260
Adaptive radiation, 89, 114, 118, 119, 121,
130, 131, 157 - 159, 168, 175, 180, 184,
186, 189, 191 - 194, 201, 222, 227, 236 -
239, 259, 274
Adirondacks, 100
Adult, 106, 111, 147
Africa, 82, 125, 183, 188, 194 - 196, 217, 225,
236, 237, 241, 261, 263, 269 ; see South
Agassiz, Louis, 152
Aglaspidæ, 124
Air, 18, 22, 33, 37, 45, 70, 84, 105, 106 ; see
Atmosphere
Aistopoda, 178
Alabama, 260
Alaska, 206
Alberta, 222, 223
Algæ, 32, 33, 38, 45, 49, 50, 53, 64, 66, 67,
80, 90, 91, 99, 101 - 104, 105 ; blue-green,
101, 102, 285, 286, see Cyanophyceæ;
earth-forming, 103 ; limestone-forming,
118, 137 ; rock-forming, 103
Algomian, 50, 153
Algonkian, 50, 85, 86, 102 - 104, 120, 153,
256
Alligators, 186, 199
Allosaurus, 213 (Fig.), 221.
Alpine, 83
Alps, 188, 255, 256
Aluminum, 33, 34, 54
Amalitzky, W., 191
Amblypoda, 259
America, 79, 164 - 166, 182, 190, 195, 237,
255, 266 ; see North, South
Aminoacids, 86
A miskwia sagittiformis, 129 (Fig.)
Ammonia, 68, 83, 86
Ammonites, 130, 137 - 139 (Fig.), 181, 213,
291
Ammonites subradiatus, 138, 139 (Fig.)
Ammonium salts, 84, 85
Ammonium sulphate, 82
Amœba, 57, 112, 116, 290 ; limax, 93 (Fig.);
proteus, 112 (Fig.)
Amphibamus, 178, 179 (Fig.)
Amphibia, 131, 165, 172, 174, 177 - 183,
185, 186, 196, 292 ; see Amphibians
Amphibians, 161, 163, 175, 177 - 183, 185,
190, 198 - 200, 210, 212, 231, 239, 246,
253, 260, 275 ; see Amphibia
Amphioxus, 162 (Fig.), 168, 292 ; see Lance-
lets
Anchisaurus, 211 (Fig.), 213, 216 (Fig.)
Angiosperms, 108
Anguilla, 174
Animals, 40, 41, 51, 53, 55, 56, 69, 70, 80,
91, 106 - 110, 285 ; air-breathing, 166, 185 ;
bipedal, 213, 216, 221, 224, 226, 227,
229 ; experiments on, 74 - 79, 116, 117,
247, 250, 251 ; predaceous, 162, 169, 181,
190, 234 ; quadrupedal, 210, 216, 217,
219, 220, 224
Animikian, 50, 153
Ankyosaurus, 225
Annulata, 118, 128 (Fig.), 130, 131, 291 ;
see Worms
Anomodonts, 190, 191, 193
Anomœpus, 211 (Fig.)
Antarctic, 164, 166, 181, 185, 205
Antarctica, 256
Ant-eater, 259, 279 ; spiny, 235 (Fig.)
Antelopes, 225, 266, 292

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