Shoulder Girdle in Ichthyosauria and Sauropterygia. 233 

 FIG. 7. 



" On the Shoulder Girdle in Ichthyosauria and Sauropterygia." 

 By J. W. HULKE, F.E.S. Received April 11, Kead May 

 12, 1892. 



In a paper recently communicated to the Royal Society by Pro- 

 fessor H. G. Seeley,* in which is discussed " The Nature of the 

 Shoulder Girdle and Clavicular Arch in Sauropterygia," the author 

 challenges- the validity of statements relating to this girdle made by 

 me at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London 

 in 1883.f This from so eminent a palaeoherpetologist imposed on 



* Seeley, Professor H. &., " The Nature of the Shoulder Girdle and the Clavi- 

 cular Arch in Sauropterygia." Keceived January 18, 1892. Eead February 18, 

 1892. ' Proc. Eoy. Soc.' 



f Hulke, J. W., " Presidential Annual Address," ' Geol. Soc., Lond.,' on Feb. 

 16, 1883 j ' Quart. Jl. Geol. Soc.,' vol. 39, 1883, Proc., p. 38. 



