}M Scie^^ Notices^MuaUarieons. [kvei 



^at these animals mostly died by a natural death ; and that one 

 t)f the chief reasons of their extermination is the gradually fill* 

 ing up the lakes they formerly inhabited. He is apparently not 

 aware that the Irisli Elk had twice before been described as 

 distinct from the common one, under the name of Cernus gigaii- 

 teus by !Blumenbach, and C. Hibernicushy Desmarest; as he pro- 

 posed to designate that species, which he considers distmct 

 from the Isle of Man one, under the name of C, Euri/ceros, 

 thinking it may be the Euryceros of Appian. 



If the Manse Elk should be distinct from the Irish species, 

 it ought to have a new specific name. 



8. Fossil Crocodile from Whitby. 



The Tlev. Mr. G. Young has given a description of a specimen 

 of crocodile found in the alum shale in the neighbourhood of 

 Whitby, by Mr. Brown Marshal, which was purchased by the 

 Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society. 



The length of the animal, which is a species of Gavial, is 

 14 feet 6 inches following the curvature of the spine, but when it 

 was alive it must have been more than 1 8 feet long. 

 , A head of the same species has been figured as an Ichyosaurus 

 in the Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast, p. It/, f. 2. — 

 (Edin. Phil. Jour. 1825.76.) 



Miscellaneous. 



9. Mr. Herapath on the Author of an Erroneous Solution of 

 i|/"j;" = a*. 



(TotheECiltOTioHheAnnaUofPIalosophy.) 

 GENTLEMEN, Cranford, July 16, 1825. ' 



In your Annals for November, 1824, p. 323, 1 have mentioned 

 Mr. Ilerschell as the author of an erroneous solution of 



extracted from Mr. Babbage's paper, Philos. Transac. 1815. \ 

 came to this conclusion from Mr. B.'s observations in the 9th 

 and 10th problems of his paper, and an allusion with Mr. Her- 

 scheirs name in the 19th problem. Having, however, received 

 a letter from Mr. Herschell in which he informs me that he is 

 not the author, I beg you will have the goodness to say so in 

 your next. I am. Gentlemen, your humble servant, 



J. Herapath. 



10. Luminous Snoio Storm on Lochawe. 



Towards the latter end of March, in the year 1813, a shower 

 of snow fell on Lochawe, in Argyleshire, which alarmed or asto- 

 nished those by whom it was witnessed, accordingly as they were 

 influenced by curiosity or superstition. Some gentlemen who 

 |iad crossed the lake in the morjung^ had a good opportunity of 



