GIGANTIC BIED FEOM LOWEB, EOCENE BEDS. 159 



VIII. — Synopsis of Bkitish Eocene Birds. 

 With some of the more nearly allied European forms. 



Aegilornis longipennis, Owen. London Clay, She2)pey. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 



vol. xxxiv. p. 124 (1878), and vol. xxxvi. p. 23 (1880). 

 Dasornis londinexsis, Owen. London Clay, Hheppey. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. vii. p. 145, 



pi. 16 (1872). 

 EuPTEROENis REMENSis, Lemoine. Lower Eocene, Beims. Rech. sur les Oiseaux Foss. 



de Reims, part 1, 1878, p, 56. 

 Oastornis edwardsii, Lemoine. Lotver Eocene, Beims. Rech. Oiseaux Foss. Reims, 



parti. 1878, p. 13, part ii. 1881, p. 80; also Assoc. Fran. Avanc. Sci. Mont- 



pellier, 1879 (1880). — Lowest Eocene (Laiidinien), Mons, Belgium. Bull. Mus. 



Roy. Belg. vol. ii. p. 297 (1883). 

 Gastornis minor, Lemoine. Lower Eocene, Beims. Rech. Oiseaux Foss. Reims, part i. 



1878, p. 50. 

 Gastornis parisiensis, Hebert. Argile Plastique, Meudon. near Paris. Comptes 



Rendus, vol. xl. pp. 579 & 1212 (1885); Lartet, ibid. vol. xl. p. 582; Prevost, 



ibid. p. 554 ; Valenciennes, ibid. p. 583 ; Owen, Quart. Journ. Geol, Soc. vol. xii. 



p. 204 (1856); Milne-Edwards, Les Oiseaux Fossiles. vol. i. p. 165 (1867-68). 

 Halctornis toliapicus, Konig. London Clay, S]ie])])ey. Icones Fossiles Sectiles, 



fig. 193 (1838) ; Owen, Brit. Foss. Mammals and Birds, p. 554 (1846). 

 LiTHORNis EMViNVS, Bowerbank, vide Megalornis, Seeley. 

 LiTHORNis VULTURINUS, Owen. London Clay, Sheppey. Trans. Geol. Soc. ser. 2, vol. vi. 



p. 206, 1842 (read 1839); Brit. Foss. Mammals and Birds, p. 549 (1846). 

 Macrornis tanaupus, Seeley. Eocene, Hordwell. Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, 



vol. xviii. p. 109(1866); Milne-Edwards, Les Oiseaux Fossiles, vol. ii. p. 622 



(1868). 

 Megalornis emuinus, Bowerbank. London Clay, Shejipey [Lithornis). Annals & Mag. 



Nat. Hist. ser. 2, vol. xiv. p. 263 (1854); Seeley, ibid. ser. 3, vol. xviii. p. 109 



(1866); Milne-Edwards, Les Oiseaux Fossiles, vol. ii. p. 622 (1868-69); Seeley, 



Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxx. p. 708 (1874). 

 Odontopteryx toliapicus, Owen. London Clay, Sheppey. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 



vol. xxix. p. 511 (1873). 

 Ptenornis, Seeley. Eocene, Hempstead, Isle of Wight. Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist. 



ser. 3, vol. xviii. p. 109 (1866) ; Milne-Edwards, Les Oiseaux Fossiles, vol. ii. 



p. 622 (1868-69). 

 Rbmiobnis Heberti, Lemoine. Lower Eocene, Beims. Rech. Oiseaux Foss. Reims, 



part ii. p. 158 (1881). 

 Small wading Bird, Owen. London Clay, Primrose Hill. Brit. Foss. Mammals and 



Birds, p. 556 (1846). 

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