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Specimens of the tertiary formations of France, &c. Presented 
by M. le Baron Cuvier. E 
Fossil shells from Grignon. Presented.by M. le Baron Cuvier. » 
Ammonites, Scaphites, Turrilites, &c. from Rouen in ee: 
Presented by M. Brongniart. 
- Shells from the tertiary formations of France and Italy. Present- 
ed by M. Brongniart. 
Teeth and bones of hyenas, bears, deer, foxes, &c. from the cel- 
ebrated Cavern of Kirkdale, in Yorkshire. 
Bones and teeth of the Hippopotamus and Rhinoceros, inom the 
Vale of Arno, &c. 
A glass case in the center of the room contains numerous speci- 
mens of fossil teeth of sharks and other fishes from the chalk near 
Lewes. 
A thigh bone (femur) of | a Mammoth from Cheshire. 
A most elegant and perfect specimen of the antlers of the celebra- 
ted extinct Fossil Elk of Ireland, measuring nearly eleven feet from 
one extremity to the other. nee 
Resutrs.—There have been discovered in the strata of Sinaed. 
exclusively of the organic contents of the modern alluvial deposits, 
the remains of nearly four hundred species of animals and vegetables, 
of Which the following arrangement exhibits a condensed view. 
Vertebrated Animals. 
Pachydermata: four species belonging to as 
Mammauia, many genera. 
Cetacea . one species . one genus. : 
Birps, One or more. 
Chelonia . three species . three genera. . 
Repties, 3 uria nine species . four genera. 
Pterodactylus ? 
Fisues, Twenty-four or more species. 18 genera. 
Invertebrated Animals. 
garg fifty species belonging to 
era. 
Uoioatve 9 hadi w 
Spb mg 77s ( es blog to 34 genera. 
Bee geen Bivalve, (12 — ter) 
130 spec . « 42 genera. 
Multivalve, 3 all . .  S genera. 
