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XII.—THE FOSSIL FISHES OF THE CHALK OF MOUNT LEBANON, IN SYRIA. 
By JAMES W. DAVIS, F.GS8., F.L.S., &. Plates XIV. to XXXVIII. 
[Read, March 16, 1885. ] 
[CommunicaTtED By THE EARL OF ENNISKILLEN, F.R.S.] 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
I.—Exrranatory PREFACE, ... uae sat igh ib Sco, EPS 
II.—Historican anp BreriocrapaicaAL Resumé, with Grotocican Description 
or Locaitigs, sib nce one ai oe et ADS 
III.—Cuasstrrmep Descrirtion or Fossm Fisues, ... ae ane os, | AGT 
InpEx To GENERA AND SPECIES, ... wee ae ee a OG 
DeEscRIPTION OF PLATES, ... sab nee Se bat sae 683 
I.—EXPLANATORY PREFACE. 
I am principally indebted for the material on which the descriptions of the 
Fossil Fishes, contained in the following pages, have been based to the enlightened 
and energetic action of Professor E. R. Lewis, who, during his residence as a 
professor in the American College at Beyrout, seized every available opportunity 
to study the natural history of the district, and accumulated a magnificent 
collection of the fossil fishes from the classic localities in the mountains of 
Lebanon. On the retirement of Professor Lewis from the college at Beyrout 
the collection was transferred to the museum of Mr. Robert Damon, at Wey- 
mouth, and many of the specimens have since been acquired for, and added 
to, the national collection. These are now placed in the new Natural History 
Department of the British Museum at South Kensington. A considerable portion 
of the collection still remains at the museum at Weymouth; and, as will be 
observed by a reference to the pages following, specimens from it have served 
to indicate the types of several new forms. In addition to the sources already 
specified, there exists in the National Museum a large mass of material derived, 
to a great extent, from the collections of the Earl of Enniskillen and the late 
Sir Philip de M. Grey Egerton, Bart., which has been most freely and with 
great kindness placed at my disposal for observation and description. 
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