2 INTRODUCTION. 



Allusion has been made in the previous Memoir to the various 

 collections of Forest-bed Vertebrates, and they need not be 

 again mentioned. Many of the Crag specimens described by 

 earlier writers were derived from well-known Collections, which 

 have since been dispersed, and among these may be especially 

 noticed the Whincopp, Baker, Marshall, and Middleton Collections, 

 the specimens from which are now, for the most part, preserved in 

 other private cabinets or public museums, and in so far as I have 

 been able to trace the more important fossils, their present resting 

 place will be found recorded in the body of this work. 



Among the larger series of Crag Vertebrata, attention may be 

 directed to that in the Ipswich Museum, under the charge of Dr. 

 J. E. Taylor, which, through the munificence of Sir Richard 

 Wallace, now includes also the valuable collection brought 

 together by the Rev. H. Canham, of Woodbridge, and that in the 

 York Museum, under the charge of Mr. H. M. Platnauer, which 

 is, for the most part, the generous gift of Dr. W. Reed of that 

 city, who, as honorary curator, has charge of the Pala3ontological 

 Galleries. Next may be mentioned the collection in the British 

 Museum under the supervision of Prof. W. H. Flower and Dr. 

 Henry Woodward, which includes so many of the types described 

 by the veteran palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen. In the Norwich 

 Museum are some interesting specimens partly derived from the 

 early collection made by Saml. Woodward, and partly contributed 

 by Dr. Crowfoot and Mr. E. T. Dowson, as well as by the curator 

 Mr. James Reeve, and each of these three gentlemen also possesses 

 a private collection of Crag fossils. The Museum of Practical 

 Geology has a good series of Pliocene Vertebrates, some of those 

 from the Coralline Crag being especially noteworthy. Mr. Robert 

 Fitch, of Norwich, possesses some fine specimens from the 

 Norwich Crag of Thorpe, and Mr. E. Cavell, of Saxmundham, has 

 a collection from the same horizon. Mr. J. J. Colman has 

 added to his already valuable museum at Cliff House, Corton, 

 Lowestoft, the large series of remains brought together by Mr. 

 Randall Johnson from the Forest-bed, as well as some from 

 the Norwich Crag of Horstead ; among the latter the portions of 

 elephant teeth may be especially noticed. Mr. E. C. Moor, of 

 Great Bealings, has a number of specimens from the Red Crag, 

 some of which are unique, and Mr. E. St. F. Moore, of Wood- 

 bridge, likewise has a series from the same horizon. The Rev. A. 

 D. Philps, of Coggeshall, possesses the half of a fine example of 

 Choneziphius planirostris, which, although dredged in the North 

 Sea, is doubtless of Red Crag origin. Mr. Frank H. Harris, of 

 Abiugdon, and the Rev. J. Foster Lepine, of Croydon, also 

 possess specimens which they have collected from the Suffolk Crag. 

 To all the gentlemen, whose names I have had occasion to 

 mention, I desire to tender my heartiest thanks for the kindly 

 assistance they have rendered in facilitating my examination of 

 the fossils in their possession, or under their charge, and in many 

 cases also my obligation is increased by the loan of valuable 

 specimens, which have been freely placed at my disposal. 



