10 M. Bourdet on the Fossil Bo7ies of Mont de la Moliere. 



appear to have been roiled, are in a great measure broken. 

 M. Bourdet describes tlie various specimens met with, a con- 

 siderable part of which he found in the collection of M. Fon- 

 taine of Friburg, in those of MM. Meisner and Wyttenbach, 

 and in the museum of Berne. The remainder were either ob- 

 tained by himself or others, and have been deposited, partly 

 in the collection of Christian Frederick, hereditary prince of 

 Denmark, and partly in liis own. Three plates, comprising 

 twenty-three figures of specimens, accompany the memoir. We 

 shall not here follow him through the anatomical details which 

 he has entered into respecting each, but present the following- 

 results at which he has arrived. 



I. Car7iivorous Mammifera;. A species of i^f/m, differing 



from those at present known. 



II. Pachydermata. An Elephant, of two different ages, ap- 



proaching that of India; 



A Hog, which though young, was of greater size than 

 those which at present exist ; 



A Rhinoceros, probably nearly approaching the Uni- 

 corn Rhinoceros of Java. 



III. Buminants. An Antelope, — as it would appear. 



IV. Various Bones. 



" The other remains of the bones of quadrupeds found in 

 this place are," says M. Bourdet, " too much mutilated to be 

 recognized ; the collection of Berne, however, contains some 

 fragments of gallinaceous ornitholites, such as the remains of 

 the tibia and femur." 



" The remains of a land tortoise are here met with ; as also 

 those of fish, the best preserved of which are the teeth of 

 sharks, &c., the palates of unknown rays, and cestracio7is. 

 This is the first instance of the teeth of the latter fish, a na- 

 tive of New Holland, having been found fossil. The other 

 remains offish consist of vertebrte and ribs." 



" The remains of shells are the most abundant : those 

 which we have observed belong to the marine genera Cytherea, 

 Venus, Tellina, Cardita, Pecten, Cama, Buccimim, Voluta, 

 Turbo, Stromhus, Cerithium, Bidla,hc. Among the terrestrial 

 and fresh-water shells are Helix, Plaiiorbis, Limneus, &c. 

 M. Studer, jun., has described this class with equal sagacity 

 and precision in his Monography of the Molasses of Switzer- 

 land." 



H. T. D, B. 



II. Obser- 



