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Rev. H. H. Winwood, in reading the notes, pointed out that a 
great many of the saurians such as those represented in the lecture 
room, had perished also with their mouths wide open. He ex- 
hibited some very interesting specimens which included a new 
species, if not the representative of a new genus of lizard, relat- 
ing the manner in which the discoverer had found half the speci- 
men but had been unsuccessful in his search for the other. Two 
or three months afterwards, however, the geologist renewed the 
search for the missing half among the débris, and, strange to say 
his search was successful. This specimen had also been suddenly 
overtaken by death, for it had not had time to digest its food, as 
a kind of small sprat which was taken from the interior conclu- 
sively showed. The rev. gentleman also related several anecdotes 
of Moore, showing how jealous he was of his discoveries, more 
especially when others succeeded in anticipating him. The 
Chairman, in the course of a few remarks, said the paper had 
been exceedingly interesting. He supposed most of them had 
often looked, as he had, at the collection, and admired these 
beautiful specimens of fossil fish, but he had always admired them 
in extreme ignorance, and therefore he felt much indebted to the 
Rev. H. H. Winwood and Mr. Arthur Smith Woodward for 
what they had told them. He did not quite understand why 
these fishes were so strictly confined apparently to this one place 
because they had there, about Bath, exactly the same formation. 
Something was said about these fishes congregating together, and 
they seemed to have been destroyed there, but it was curious that 
they could not find any about Bath. Were they in any way the 
same as existing fishes, and did any of their species exist at the 
present day ? They were very beautiful in every way, and he was 
glad they had learned what they had from them. After further 
observations by the Rev. C. W. Shickle and Alderman Bartrum, 
&c., the Rev. H. H. Winwood remarked that the conditions of 
the place seemed to be strictly suitable for their preservation. 
The particular strata in which they were found did not exist in 
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