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from an unknown locality in South America, were presented by 

 the Earl of Shelburne. A mandibular ramus of M. americanus 

 in this collection was described and figured by John Hunter, 

 Phil Trans., vol. Iviii. (1768), p. 34, pi. iv., figs. 1, 3; while 

 the South American tooth was subsequently figured by Falconer 

 and Cautley, " Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis," pi. xl., fig. 10, under 

 the name of M. andium. 



1781. 



The Royal Society's collection of "natural and artificial 

 curiosities," presented to the Museum this year, comprised 

 several fossils. 



1784. 



A mandibular ramus of Mosasaurus camperi, from the Upper 

 Cretaceous of Maastricht, was presented by Dr. Peter Camper, 

 through Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. 



1791. 



A pair of antlers of Irish deer (Cervus giganteus), from 

 Ireland, was presented by Lord Cremorne. 



1795. 



Tertiary shells and corals from Jamaica were presented by 

 Dr. Broughton. 



1799. 



The bequest of Rev. Mordaunt Cracherode, containing many 

 common fossils, was received. 



1813. 



A human skeleton in coral limestone from Guadaloupe, West 

 Indies, captured on the taking of the Island from the French by 

 Sir Alexander Cochrane, R.N., was presented by the Lords of 

 the Admiralty. This specimen was described by Mr. C. Konig 

 in Phil. Trans., vol. civ. (1814), p. 107, pi. lii. 



A skull of Rhinoceros antiquitatis from Siberia, was presented 

 by Mr. Charles Elter. 



1816. 



Fossils from Wiltshire were presented by Miss Etheldred 

 Benett. They included sponges from the Upper Greensand of 

 Warminster, figured in a small work by the donor. 



The British fossils collected by William Smith to illustrate 

 his "Strata Identified by Organized Fossils" (1816), were 

 purchased. 



