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ttiication. 



TO 



FREDERICK M'COY, F.R.S., F.G.S., 



MURCIIISOXIAX AND CLAP.KEAX MEDALLIST, 



Professor of Natural Hlstory at the Melbourne Uxiversitv, &c., &c., 



THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED 



AS AN 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS EARLY 

 LABOURS ON BEHALF OF PAL.EONTOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN EUROPE, 



AND HIS 



GREAT SERVICES TO AUSTRALIAN NATURAL SCIENCE 

 DURING THE LAST EIGHTEEN YEARS, 



BY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND 



THE AUTHOR. 



