272 PALEONTOLOGY. 



Bernese Jura, near Delsberg, in the fluviatile beds of the (Eningen stage 

 (L. Miocene). 



Barkas, W. J. Microscopical Structure of Fossil Teeth from the 

 Northumberland Trne Coal Measures. Monthly Beview of Dental 

 Surgery, pp. 256, 328, 439, 484, 534 ; 3 plates. 



Barrels, Charles. Les Reptiles du terrain cretace du N.E. du 



bassin de Paris. [Cretaceous Eeptiles of N.E. of Paris Basin.] 



Ann. Soc. Geol. Nord, t. ii. p. 11. 



12 sp. of Plesiosaurus, Polyptychodon, Pliosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, 



Megalosauriis, ITylceosaurus and Fterodactylus found in the Gault(Zone 



of Ammonites mammillaris). In L. Chalk are Chelone sp. and Ptero- 



dactylus giganteus ; in the U. Cbalk of Cissy, MosasaurusMid another sp. 



A. J. J-B. 



. _. On Byssacanthus Gosseleti. Ann. Soc. Geol. Nord, t. ii. pp. 



- 200, 201. - 



Describes under this name a new plagiostomous fish from U. Devo- 

 nian, Couvin. 



Beneden, P. J. van. Le squelette de la Baleine fossile du Musee 

 de Milan i [Skeleton of the Possil Whale in the Milan Museum.] 

 Bull. Ac. Boy. Belg. ser. 2, t. xl. pp. 736-758 ; jjlate. 

 * The specimen, 21 feet long, found on the E. flank of Monte Pul- 

 gna.sco at a height of 1800 feet above the plain, was described and 

 ^figured first by Cortesi and next by Cuvier. It is described in detail, 

 and compared with other Italian specimens, the synonyms being as 

 follows: — Borqualus Cjortesii, Capellini, 1865; Cetotherium (Oeto- 

 tjieriophanes), Brandt, 1873,-74 yPlesiocetus, Yan Beneden and Gervais ; 

 -Cetotheriophanes Capellinii, Capellini, 1875. G. A. L. 



; :- — : — . IJri Oiseau Fossile Noveau des Cavernes de la Nouvelle- 

 Zelande. [New Fossil Bird from Caves of New Zealand.] - Journ. 

 ZcoL vol. iv.. pp. 267^272. • - 



- A description of the bones of a Duck from the Earnscleugh cave, 

 Ota go, found with Dinornis and other bones. They are said to have 

 affinities with the recent Anas clangula, and to resemble in some 

 particulars the Anas Blanchardi. This extinct duck is named Anas 

 Flnschi. . E. T.-N. 



Beneden, P. J. van, and Prof. Paul Gervais. Ostc'ographie des Cttaccs 

 vivants et fossiles. [Osteology of Living ard Fossil Cetacea.] 

 - Part 13, pp. 4a9-456; 2 pis. 4to. Paris. 



Tertiary Ziphioids. Choneziphius planirostus is described, and the 

 following species of Ziphirostrvm — Z. turninense, Z. tumidum, Z. mar- 

 ginatum, Z. Icevigatum, Z. gracile. The description of the following 

 genera and species succeeds : — Aporotus recurvirostris, A. ajfflnis, A. 

 dicyrtus, Ziphiopsis phymatodes, Z. servatus, Placoziphius Duhoisii, 

 ,DioplodQnrecurtms,D.Jongiro8tris,D.Becanii, D. gihlus, D. angudus, 

 D. angulatus, D. medilineatus, D. tenuirostris, D. compressus. Under 



