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14. Nature's Four Methods of Making a Wing: Bat, Pteryodactyl, Archaeopteryx, and Modern Bird 72

15. Young Hoactzins 75

16. Hesperornis, the Great Toothed Diver From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 82

17. Archaeopteryx As Restored by Mr. Pycraft. 89

18. Thespesius, a Common Herbivorous Dinosaur of the Cretaceous From a drawing by Charles R. Knight. 90

19. A Hind Leg of the Great Brontosaurus, the Largest of the Dinosaurs 96

20. A Single Vertebra of Brontosaurus 97

21. Moloch, a Modern Lizard that Surpasses the Stegosaurs in All but Size From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 100

22. Skeleton of Triceratops 103

23. The Horned Ceratosaurus, a Carnivorous Dinosaur From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 106

24. Stegosaurus, an Armored Dinosaur of the Jurassic From a drawing by Charles R. Knight. 108

25. Skull of Ceratosaurus From a specimen in the United States National Museum. 110

26. Triceratops, He of the Three-horned Face From a statuette by Charles R. Knight. 126

27. A Hint of Buried Treasures 137

28. Relics of the Moa 140

29. Eggs of Feathered Giants, AEpyornis, Ostrich, Moa, Compared with a Hen's Egg 148

30. Skull of Phororhacos Compared with that of the Race-horse Lexington 151

31. Leg of a Horse Compared with that of the Giant Moa 152

32. The Three Giants, Phororhacos, Moa, Ostrich 158

33. Skeleton of the Modern Horse and of His Eocene Ancestor 161

34. The Development of the Horse 168

35. The Mammoth From a drawing by Charles R. Knight. 176

36. Skeleton of the Mammoth in the Royal Museum of St. Petersburg 183

37. The Mammoth As engraved by a Primitive Artist on a Piece of Mammoth-Tusk. 196

38. Tooth of Mastodon and of Mammoth 199

39. The Missourium of Koch From a Tracing of the Figure Illustrating Koch's Description. 207

40. The Mastodon From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 210

41. The Lenape Stone, Reduced 219

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