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In view of the approaching visit of the British Association to 

 Oxford, it may be useful to mention some of the specimens, besides 

 those already treated of, which are of particular interest to zoologists. 

 Such are, ^mong the mammals : The brain of the chimpanzee 

 " Sally," the jaws of the Ziphioid whales, Mesoplodon bidens and M. 

 layardi, and a cast of the large extinct x-lmerican Ungulate, Dinocevas 

 mirahiU ; a Great Auk's egg figures among the stuffed birds ; 

 among the reptiles we may mention the Leathery Turtle {Devmochelys 

 coviacea), the structure of whose carapace is shown in the reptile 

 case described above ; among the interesting fish are Lepidosiren 

 and Chlamydoselachus, Pal(sospondylus and Plenmcanthus of the fossil 

 forms. In the Geological Department there is an excellent collection 

 (that of the late Dr. Grindrod) containing type-specimens of Ptevaspis 

 and Ccphalaspis. Among the recent invertebrates we may notice a 

 large series of Cephalopods, some of which are unique in England 

 {e.g., Thysanoteuthis and Dovataspis); a specimen of the sponge Cratero- 

 morpha meyeri containing the branching Polychaete, Syllis ramosa ; a 

 remarkable earthworm with two long penial appendages (of the genus 

 Siphonogaster), and some very fine specimens of the coral Heliopora. 

 Many dissections and other objects, though mounted, have not yet 

 been set up in the new cases. 



E. S. Goodrich. 

 Oxford Museum, July 14th. 



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