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VIII. — Synopsis of British Eocene Birds. 

 With some of the more nearly allied European forms. 



Argilornis longipennis, Owen. London Clay, Sheppey. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 



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

 Dasornis londinensis, Owen. London Clay, Sheppey. Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. vii. p. 145, 



pi. 16 (1872). 

 Eupterornis remensis, Lemoine. Lower Eocene, Reims. Rech. sur les Oiseaux Foss. 



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

 Gastornis edwardsii, Lemoine. Lower Eocene, Reims. Rech. Oiseaux Foss. Reims, 



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



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



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

 Gastornis minor, Lemoine. Lower Eocene, Reims. 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, Sheppey. Icones Fossiles Sectiles, 



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

 Lithobnis emvinus, 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, Sheppey (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). 

 Remiornis Heberti, Lemoine. Lower Eocene, Reims. 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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