DRAGONS OF THE AIR
H. G. SEELEY, F.R.S. PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN KING'S COLLEGE,
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I FLYING REPTILES
CHAPTER II HOW A REPTILE IS KNOWN DEFINITION OF REPTILES BY THEIR VITAL ORGANS
CHAPTER III A REPTILE IS KNOWN BY ITS BONES
CHAPTER IV ANIMALS WHICH FLY
CHAPTER V DISCOVERY OF THE PTERODACTYLE
CHAPTER VI HOW ANIMALS ARE INTERPRETED BY THEIR BONES
CHAPTER VII INTERPRETATION OF PTERODACTYLES BY THEIR SOFT PARTS
CHAPTER VIII THE PLAN OF THE SKELETON
CHAPTER IX THE BACKBONE, OR VERTEBRAL COLUMN
CHAPTER X THE HIP-GIRDLE AND HIND LIMB
CHAPTER XI SHOULDER-GIRDLE AND FORE LIMB STERNUM
CHAPTER XII EVIDENCES OF THE ANIMAL'S HABITS FROM ITS REMAINS
CHAPTER XIII ANCIENT ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE LIAS
CHAPTER XIV ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE MIDDLE SECONDARY ROCKS RHAMPHOCEPHALUS
CHAPTER XV ORNITHOSAURS FROM THE UPPER SECONDARY ROCKS
CHAPTER XVI CLASSIFICATION OF THE ORNITHOSAURIA
CHAPTER XVII FAMILY RELATIONS OF PTERODACTYLES TO ANIMALS WHICH LIVED WITH THEM
CHAPTER XVIII HOW PTERODACTYLES MAY HAVE ORIGINATED
APPENDIX
INDEX
