EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



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LAND ANIMALS. 



Aves 



Birds. 



rl02. Columba, Pigeon, r. & f. 

 J 103. Alauda, Lark. r. & f. 

 I 104. Corvus, Raven, r. & f. 

 w05. Anas, Duck. r. & f. 



Mammifers. 



Ruminantia . < 



Rodentia 



Carnivora . . ^ 



fl06. Alces, Elk. r. & f. 



107. Elaphus, Stag. r. & f. 



108. Bos Urus, Bison, r. & f. 

 U09. Bos Taurus. Ox. r. & f. 



110. Lepus, Hare. r. & f. 

 rill. Ursus, Bear. r. & f. 

 J 112. Mustela, Weasel, r. & f. 



113. Hyaena, r. & f. 

 Ul4f. Felis, Tiger, r. & f. 

 f 115. Sus, Hog. r. & f. 

 I 116. Equus, Horse, r. & f. 

 Pachydermata^ 117. Rhinoceros, r. & f. 



I 118. Hippopotamus, r. & f. 

 1 119. Elephas. r. Mammoth, f. 



Animal of the present Epoch, supposed to have recently 

 become extinct. 



120. Didus, Dodo. r. & f. 



The bones of the Dodo have been found under lava of 

 unknown age in the Isle of France, and in a cavern in the 

 Island of Roderigue. See Zoological Journal, 1828, p. 554. 

 Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist. Vol. II. p. 442. and London and 

 Edin. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1832. 



* Many of the following genera occur both in the second, third and 

 fourth formations of the Tertiary series, and also in Caverns, Fissures, 

 and Diluvium. 



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