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to be "Bovine," ox-like, and the tooth to be that of an- 

 " Elephant species." The arranfjeinent of the enamel ridfjes in- 

 the dentine resenables that of the teeth of the Indian Elephant 

 generally, as we find by comparing with onr specimens of 

 Elephant teeth in the Mnseum. In the Quarterly tToiirnal of 

 the Geological Society, Vol. XXVI., No 3,. is a paper "Oni 

 Fossil remains of Mammals found in China." By Prof. Owen. 

 The mammals described are from Formosa. They are (l)i 

 t^te.fiodbn m'nmsi's. The author considers this Pachydepni to be- 

 allied to the mammoth. (2). Stegodon oruntalu consi(h'red' 

 to be allied to the mastodon and elephant. (5). Ihjcenof 

 sinensis. (4). Rhineceros sinensis. (5). Tapinis- -''nensis. 

 (6). Chalieotherium sinsnsis. The Chalicotherium sivaiense is- 

 characterized by Dr. Falconer as " one of the most remarkable- 

 aberrant pachyderms that have been met With, closely allied 

 to Anoplotheriura, but yet having a closer aflR^nity with 

 Rhinoceros." Owen says " the extent of the range of Chali- 

 cotherium over the great division of dry land to which that 

 4orm seems to have been lestricted was considerable — from 

 France to China. In tracing it in this direction the species 

 appear to have lived on, nearer to the present period, as they 

 were located eastward. Land- at the eastern limits of the great 

 Europe.\.i-Asiatic tract, and now forming China, may have been, 

 exempt or much longer exempt (since it became fit to be trod 

 by Tapirs and Anoplotheroids) from those alternate elevations: 

 and depressions which have destroyed, modified or covered the 

 western miocene land with deposits of pliocene or post-pliocene- 

 age." The fossils examined by Owen were found in Chinese- 

 drug shops. Fossils form part of the materia me^liea' of the- 

 Chinese. 



44r. ^^n our way from Formosa to France we take another 

 look at Egypt. In the miocene (?) fbrmation here, we have also- 

 mammal remains. Those that come under our notice are few 

 in number, but they appear to be of a representative character. 

 In the Suez Canal collections we find two, having a few mam- 

 malian fragments. The collection of M. A. Baudoin includes, 

 (^l). The jaw of. a, Aiigpopotamus., (2). The condyle of th» 



