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the slate of Glaris, in Switzerland, corresponding to the Eng- 

 lish gait, in the chalk formation, the remains of a bird have 

 been found. From a chalk bed, near Maidstone, have like- 

 wise been extracted some remains of a bird, supposed to have 

 been of the long- winged swimmer family, and equal in size to 

 the albatross. 



