940 NOTE ON A LABYRINTHODONT FOSSIL FROM COCKATOO ISLAND. 



Though these extracts are very long, yet they cannot but be 

 interesting to us, especially as regards the question of ancient 

 climates. 



(Note. — The general absence of shells is a remarkable peculiarity 

 of the recent fluviatile deposits of India, mollusca abounding in 

 all its rivers.) 



