Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles

CONTENTS

	PAGE
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 PTERODACTYLE	27
CHAPTER VI.
HOW ANIMALS ARE INTERPRETED BY THEIR BONES	37
CHAPTER VII.
INTERPRETATION OF PTERODACTYLES 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.
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	172
CHAPTER XVI.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE ORNITHOSAURIA	187
CHAPTER XVII.
FAMILY RELATIONS OF PTERODACTYLES TO ANIMALS WHICH LIVED WITH THEM	196
CHAPTER XVIII.
HOW PTERODACTYLES MAY HAVE ORIGINATED	213

APPENDIX	231

INDEX	233

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