394 J. Wyman on Fossil Bones from the Red Sandstone 
tions published by him during the course of his long and laborious 
if mong these are many bearing directly on our science, and 
which must have had considerable influence in directing the at- 
tention of the Russian Government to the mineral riches of the 
country, and of making its geological features better known beyond 
the limits of his own district, I will only mention a few of his 
more important works :—‘ Oryctographie du Gouvernement de 
Moscou,” 1837; “ Bibliographia Palzontologica Animalium Sys- 
tematica,” 1810; asecond edition in 1834; “ Notice des Fossiles 
du Gouvernement de Moscou,” 1809-1811; ‘Notice sur quelques 
Animaux fossiles de la Russie,” 1829; ‘‘ Ueber verschiedene fos- 
sile Elephanten-species, die man unter dem Namen Mammouth be- 
ereift,” 1831; ‘“ Recherches sur les Ossemens fossiles de la Rus- 
sie,’ 1824; “Lettre 4 Murchison sur le Rhopalodon, genre de 
Saurien fossile du Versant occidental de l’Oural,” 1841; Revue 
des Fossiles du Gouvernement de Moscou,” 1846; and many 
others. He was elected a Foreign Member of this Society, and 
of the Linnean Society, in 1820. He died at Moscow, on the 
6th of Oct., 1853, having nearly completed his eighty-second year. 
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Axr. XXXVI—Notice of Fossil Bones from the Red Sandstone 
of the Connecticut River Valley ; by Jerrrizs Wyman, M.D. 
Porter who saw them when they were removed from the well, 
decided that they were not, as they had been supposed to be by 
some, human, but “‘ belonged to some animal and that the animal 
must have been about five feet long. The tail bone was easily 
discovered by its numerous articulations distinctly visible, and by 
its projecting in a curvilinear direction beyon " ae 
also says that “ they resemble some particular bones of the human 
body but would also compare with certain bones of other ani- 
mals,” but does not state what bones or what animal. 
Through the kindness of Prof. Silliman and of Mr. Alfred 
Smith of Hartford, Ct., I have had all the specimens now fe 
maining of the above mentioned collection placed at my disposal 
for examination. The collection consists of about sixteen pieces 
