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might perhaps be considered as thereby established, yet its 

 connexion with the most difficult problems in zoology and ge- 

 ology rendered it highly desirable to obtain other and more 

 entire parts of the skeleton, and with them to institute a more 

 extensive comparison. By means of this we might expect 

 to discover any difference possibly existing between them, 

 or else to determine, in the most unquestionable manner, 

 the specific identity of the animal of Georgia with that of Pa- 

 raguay. 



These considerations induced me to address a letter to my 

 friend, Dr. Wm. R. Waring of Savannah, begging him to 

 make inquiry whether any more of these relics had been found, 

 and if possible, to procure me some of them. His answer in- 

 formed me that his friend, Dr. Joseph C. Habersham of the 

 same place, had, with much trouble, and at some expense, as- 

 sembled a collection of the bones found in the marshes of Skid- 

 away Island, and at his request consented to allow them to be 

 sent to this city, under the condition that they should be pla- 

 ced where they might be publicly viewed. They were trans- 

 mitted to me in the month of March last, and in compliance 

 with the wishes of the owner, are now deposited in the cabinet 

 of this Society. 



The collection was found to consist of parts of several mem- 

 bers of the skeleton, which, as nearly as their very mutilated 

 and disconnected state would enable me determine, were as 

 follows : 



A portion of the posterior part of the right side of the low- 

 er jaw. 



Another portion which had been continuous with the pre- 

 ceding. 



A considerable portion of the anterior part of the same jaw. 



A fragment of the left side of the same jaw, about three 

 inches square. 



Five fragments belonging to three different teeth. 



The vertebra dentata, with nearly one half broken off. 



Three other vertebrae, two of which appear to be dorsal, and 



