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Blake, Eev. J. F. Additional remains of Pleistocene Mammals in 

 Yorkshire. Hep. Brit. Assoc, for 1873, Sections, p. 75. 



E/Ccords the discovery of various species of Mammalia (including 

 Elephas primigenim, E. antiquus, Rhinoceros^ &c.) in flint-gravel at 

 Bielbecks, near North Cliff. 'All the associated shells are recent, and 

 belong to river- or marsh-species. The deposit is believed to be Post- 

 glacial. W. T. 



BoTTGER, Oskae. SpermopMlus citillus, var. superciliosus^ Kp., ein 

 riesiger fossiler Ziesel vom Bad "Weilbach. [Gigantic fossil Marmot 

 from Bad Weilbach.] Ber. Offenbach. Ver. Naturk. xiv. pp. 28- 

 48, t. i. 



A weU-preserved skuU and some other bones discovered. The other 

 fossil species of Spermophilus are critically reviewed. 



Both, Uldeeigo. Scoperta di ossa fossili nella Terra d'Otranto. 

 [Discovery of fossil bones in the district of Otranto.] BoU. E. 

 Com. Geol. Ital. pp. 242-244. 

 A cave on the sea-shore shows a mass of bone-breccia. Two ele- 

 phant's molars were detached and brought away ; the presence of E, 

 antiquus is inferred. E. B. T. 



Brandt, J. F. Ueber die bisher in Eussland gefundenen Eeste 

 untergegangener Cetaceen. [Remains of extinct Cetacea hitherto 

 discovered in Russia.] Bull. Ac. Imp. St. Petersbourg, vol. xviii. 

 p. 241. 



Burden, Dr. Henry. On Fossil Teeth. Proc. Belfast Nat. Hist. 

 and Phn. Soc. 1872-73, pp. 68-86. 



The structure of the teeth of the various vertebrate classes is 

 described ; those of Microlestes, Iguanodon, Lahyrinihodon [^Mastodon- 

 saurus\ and Carcharodon are examined with more detail. L. C. M. 



Busk, Prof. G. Notice of a Human Fibula of unusual form, dis- 

 covered in the Victoria Cave, near Settle, in Yorkshire. Journ. 

 Anthrop. Inst. vol. iii. pp. 392-395, with plate. 

 Description of a fragment of a fibula found in a deposit which has 

 been regarded as of preglacial age. The great thickness and unusual 

 form of the bone led at first to the suggestion that it might bo ele- 

 phantine. It has since been compared with a very similar human 

 fibula. The bone appears to have been healthy and natural, and 

 it is not likely that the corresponding tibia was platycncmio. 



F. W. R. 



Chantee, Ernest. Les faunes mammalogiques tertiaircs et quater- 

 naires du bassin du Rh^»ne. [Tertiary and Quaternary mammals 

 of the basin of the Rhone.] Compt. Rend. 2 sess. Assoc. Frang. 

 pp. 403-409. 

 The type-faunas of which representative groups are to be found 

 within this district are — Quaternary : Diluvium of the Seine and Allu- 

 vium and loams of the Rhine ; Cave-deposits of the Jura and Pyreneee. 

 Passage-fauna : Saint-Prest and Cromer. Tertiary : (Upper Pliocene) 



