_Maccoyella_, 183, 184 _Macrocephalites_, 209 _Macrocheilus_, 196 _Macrocypris_, 236, 240 _Macropora_, 158 _Macropus_, 289, 295 _Macrotaeniopteris_, 88 _Mactra_, 177, 185, 188 Madrepore limestone, 73 _Magasella_, 166, 168 _Magellania_, 166, 167, 168 _Magnolia_, 91 Maiden-hair tree, 89 Mail-shells, 189 MAMMALIA, early types, 285 Mammals, fossil, 51 Manatees and dugongs, 298 _Marginella_, 198, 199 _Marginulina_, 98 Marsupial lion, 293 Marsupial, oldest known Australian, 294 Marsupials, 287 " Pleistocene and living, 295 _Martiniopsis_, 164 _Mastodonsaurus_, 274 Material for fossil collecting, 315 _Megalania_, 280 _Megalosaurus_, 277 _Melania_, 203 _Melosira_, 92 _Membranipora_, 157, 158 _Meretrix_, 177, 185, 187 _Mesoblastus_, 139 _Mesostigmodera_, 250 Mesozoic strata, 46 _Metablastus_, 139 _Metasqualodon_, 295, 296 METAZOA, 95 _Micraster_, 146 _Microdiscus_, 227 _Mikrogromia_, 95 _Millepora_, 119 _Milleporids_, 119 _Miliolina_, 96, 100, 101 Miocene bird, New Zealand, 280 " leaf-beds, 90 Miolania, 279 Mitra, 198, 199, 204 Moa-birds, 281-285, 299 _Modiola_, 183, 186 _Modiolaria_, 186 _Modiolopsis_, 177 MOLLUSCA, characters of, 38, 56, 174 MOLLUSCOIDEA, characters of, 38, 57, 154 Monactinellid sponges, 109, 110 _Monogenerina_, 97 _Monograptus_, 124, 128 _Monostychia_, 146 _Monotis_, 182 MONOTREMATA, 286 _Monticulipora_, 155 Monticuliporoids, 117 _Montlivaltia_, 118 Moor-hen, 283 _Mopsea_, 119 _Morio_, 198, 200 Mound-builders, 283 _Mourlonia_, 196 Mud-fish, 265, 267 Muds, 69 Mudstone, 70 MULTITUBERCULATA, 286 _Murchisonia_, 104, 195, 196 _Murex_, 198, 199, 200 _Myodora_, 185, 187 _Myriolepis_, 262, 263 _Mytilarca_, 177 _Mytilus_, 182, 183, 187, 188 Naming of animals, 34 _Nassa_, 191, 198, 204 _Natica_, 191, 197, 198, 200, 201 Native cat, 287, 295 " dog, 298 " honeysuckle, 91, 92 NAUTILOIDEA, 204 _Nautilus_, 204, 207, 209, 210 _Navicula_, 92 _Nebalia_, 244 _Necrastur_, 283 _Neoceratodus_, 267 Newer Pliocene seal, 299 _Newtoniella_, 198 New Zealand fossiliferous strata, 49 _Niso_, 194, 198 _Nodosaria_, 98, 100 _Nonionina_, 96 _Normanites_, 209 _Notasaphus_, 227 _Notidanus_, 268, 269, 270, 271 _Notochelone_, 53, 277 _Notophyllia_, 118 _Nototherium_, 293 _Nubecularia_, 97, 98 _Nucleospira_, 160 _Nucula_, 175, 177, 178, 183, 184, 185 _Nuculites_, 177, 178 Nullipore limestone, 75 _Nummulites_, 65, 99 Nummulitic limestone, 73 _Nyroca_, 283