CHAPTER III. 

 PAKT I. 



PLAN OP ROOM III. SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS OP ROOM III. FOSSIL REPTILES 

 SWANAGE CROCODILE MEGALOSAURUS OBNINGEN SALAMANDER CHE- 

 LONIAN REPTILES GEOSAURUS PTERODACTYLES CROCODILIAN REPTILES 



MOSASAURUS HYL.EOSAURUS IGUANODON REGNOSAURUS FELORO- 



SAURUS POLYPTYCHODON PLESIOSAURUS FOSSIL MAMMALIA OF AU- 

 VERGNE MINERALS MAIDSTONE IGUANODON. 



THE Room we have next to survey is more inconveniently 

 crowded even than the apartments we have passed through : 

 the floor being occupied by twenty-six Table-cabinets, so that 

 the objects in the Wall-cases cannot be seen to advantage; 

 and as is the case in the other rooms of this Gallery, there are 

 neither seats nor tables for the convenience of the visitor 

 desirous of noting the objects of interest that may particularly 

 engage his attention. 



The collection in this Room, though offering but few attrac- 

 tions to the uninstructed eye, contains many objects of exces- 

 sive rarity and great interest ; and a full description of its 

 varied contents would extend through several volumes. To 

 economise space, the specimens are deposited so as to leave no 

 part of the cases unoccupied ; and arrangement is consequently 

 in some measure sacrificed to convenience. 



In the subjoined synoptical notice, the principal objects are 

 enumerated in the order in which they are placed in the 

 cabinets ; and in the detailed description that follows, I have 

 classified them under a few general heads, for the convenience 

 of the student, without strict regard either to zoological or 

 geological arrangement. 



The Wall-cases A, B, C, D, E, F, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,] on the 

 south side, or left hand, of the Room, contain the remains of 



