A GIGANTIC FOSSIL BIRD. 



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sphenoidal escutcheon, and the basipterygoid apophyses with their 

 faces well accentuated, are exhibited. According to Mr. Huxley, this 



Pig. 1. Restoration of the Skeleton op Gastorxis Eduardsii, an Eocene Bird, Three 



Metres (or about ten feet) High. 



character occurs now with several birds divers, ducks, and hens and 

 with several lacertians and ophidians. 



The upper mandible, which was found almost entire, is very re- 

 markable for a series of false alveoles, reminding one of the atrophied 



