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VEBTKBRATA. 



No. 98-103. [302-308] Restorations of Fossil Reptiles. 



Pterodactyhis, Megalosmirus, Labyrinthodon, Ichthyosaums, Plesiosaurus do- 

 lichodeirus and P. macrocephahis. They are reduced (one inch to tlie foot) 

 from the gigantic models in London, constructed, to a scale, by B. Water- 



No yy. [308] Megalosaurus. 

 house Hawkins, F. G. S. , from the form and proportions of the fossil remains, 

 and in strict accordance with the scientific deductions of Professor Owen. 

 Preliminary drawmgs, with careful measurements of the originals in the Royal 



No. 99. [302] Pterodactylus. No. 100. [305] Labyrinthodon. 



College of Surgeons, British Museum, and Geological Society, were prepared, 

 and sketch models made at a fraction of the natural size, and submitted to the 

 above high authority. Clay models were then made of the natural size. 



Nos. 101-103. [306-308] Ichthyosaurus with Plesiosatjri. 

 It gives us some idea of the size of these monsters to know that the mould 

 of one of them was converted into a salle a manger, in which Prof. Owen, 

 Prof. Forbes, and twenty other scientific gentlemen sat down to dinner. 

 These beautiful restorations are faithful copies, in miniature, of the gigantic 

 group in London. They are in four pieces. 



Ichthyosaurus with Plesiosaurus: Size, 22 x 14. 



Megalosaurus: - - - - " 23 x 12. 



Labyrinthodon: - - - - " 13 x 8. 



Pterodactylus: - - - - "9x9. 



