12 The Natural History of Selbornt 



carinata 



Rumphius, Ostreum plicatum minus; by D'Argenville, Auris 

 Porci, s. Crista Galli; and by those who make Collections, 

 Cock's Comb. Though I applied to several such in London, 

 I never could meet with an entire specimen ; nor could I ever 

 find in books any engraving from a perfect one. In the 

 superb museum at Leicester House permission was given to 

 me to examine for this article ; and, though I was disappointed 

 as to the fossil, I was highly gratified with the sight of several 

 of the shells themselves in high preservation. This bivalve is 

 only known to inhabit the Indian ocean, where it fixes itself 

 to a zoophyte, known by the name Gorgonia. The curious 

 foldings of the suture the one into the other, the alternate 

 flutings or grooves, and the curved form of my specimen being 

 much easier expressed by the pencil than by words, I have 

 caused it to be drawn and engraved. 



Cornua Ammonis are very common about this village. As 

 we were cutting an inclining path 1 up the Hanger, the 

 labourers found them frequently on that steep, just under the 



1 Doubtless the "Bostal," constructed in 1780. E. H. N. 



