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FOSSIL CETACEANS IN HOLLAND. 



Much interest has been excited in Europe by the discov- 

 ery in Holland of extensive beds of remains of cetaceans and 

 other marine vertebrates, as many as 8 new genera and 16 

 new species having been secured, together with the walrus 

 and the remains of seals. The collection is in charge of the 

 Vicomte du Bus, who is preparing a report for publication. 

 12 A, November 16, 392. 



FOSSIL WHALE IN CANADA. 



At a meeting of the Natural History Society of Montreal 

 the discovery was announced, by Mr. Billings, of the nearly 

 complete skeleton of a fossil whale at Cornwall, Ontario 

 County, at about 60 feet above the level of the St. Lawrence. 

 It is believed by Mr. Billings that this fossil is identical with 

 one obtained in Vermont by Professor Thompson, in a rail- 

 way catting about 12 miles south of Burlington, and called 

 Beluga vermontana. This is closely allied to the white 

 whale of the St. Lawrence, though differing in some special 

 points. 



SEGUIN COLLECTION OF FOSSIL MAMMALS. 



Palaeontologists are aware of a work on the fossil mammals 

 of South America, published by a Frenchman named Seguin, 

 and containing descriptions of various species of Megatheri- 

 um, Megalonyx, Glyptodon, Chlamydotherium,Toxodon, etc. 

 We learn from a paragraph in our exchanges that this entire 

 collection one of the finest ever made in the La Plata region 

 has been offered to the French government on condition 

 that it will refund the expenses incurred in gathering it, and 

 defray the carriage to France. We presume that advantage 

 will be taken of the offer, and the collection be ultimately 

 carried to Paris. 2 A, August 6, 88. 



DUNS ON THE BARER RAPTORIAL BIRDS OF SCOTLAND. 



Professor Duns, of Edinburgh, in a paper " On the Rarer 

 Raptorial Birds of Scotland," presents the following proposi- 

 tions : 1. That species occur in pairs, after long intervals, in 

 localities where they have long since ceased to breed, but 

 where they have been at one time not uncommon. 2. The 



