INTEODUCTiOX. 



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allied to it is another new genus, the Brahmatherium, from 

 Perim Island. Among the Cervidce are two species of Se- 

 walik Cervus, and the Dorcatherium moschinum ; two other 

 species of fossil cervus, Cervus Namadicus, and Cervus Palce- 

 indicus, have been obtained from the valley of the Nerbudda. 

 The Sewalik fossils also include at least two species of an- 

 telope, Antelope Palwindicus, and A. cjyricornis ; and nume- 

 rous sj)ecies of Bovidoe, viz. Bison Sivalensis, Bos occipitalis, 

 Amphibos aciiticornis, Amphibos elatus, Amphibos antelopinus, 

 Hemibos triquitriceras ; two additional species, Bos palce- 

 indicus, and Bos Namadicus,'^ have been found in the valley 

 of the Nerbudda. 



The Sewalik Carnivora comprehend fossil species of Felis, 

 Hycena, Canis, Fox, Mustelidce, Machairodus, and the new 

 forms of Hycenarctos and Enhydriodon, or fossil otter. 



The Quadrumana are represented by four fossil species, 

 and there are also several forms of Rodentia and Insectivora, 

 including Hystrix, Mus,^ and a new undescribed genus, 

 Typhlodon. 



The Sewalik Beptilia are exceedingly rich in forms, par- 

 ticularly of the Crocodiles and Chelonians {Emys, Trionyx 

 and Testudo), some of which, such as Leptorhynchus Gangeti- 

 cus and Emys tectum, are indistinguishable from existing 

 species ; whUe the Colossochelys Atlas is a prodigy of size in 

 the order. It is in every part of its organisation a true 

 land tortoise, estimated from numerous remains to have had 

 a shell twelve feet long and six feet high. The possible 

 connection of this fossil with the fossil which figures so pro- 

 minently in the Pythagorean and Hindu cosmogonies is a 

 subject of interesting speculation. 



Among the Sewalik fossils there are also the remains of 



several species of Birds, including Grallae, greatly surpassing 



in size the gigantic crane of Bengal {Ciconia Argala) ; and of 



Fishes, Crustacea, and Mollusca. 



* * * * * 



At the previous meeting,^ when I had the honour of address- 

 ing you, I had to wade through such a number of facts, in 

 explaining, although in the briefest way, the various animals 

 which entered into the Sewalik fauna, that the time to which 

 I was limited was more than over before I was done with 

 them. I had, in consequence, to terminate abruptly, before 

 I could indicate to what general consequences the mass of 

 facts tended. For you are not to suppose that the subject is 



' Few of tliese species Lave as yet 

 been described, but the specimens named 

 by Dr. Falconer are iu the British 

 Museum. — [Ed. J 



^ Journ. Asiatic Soc December 1835. 

 Vol. iv. p.'706, and vol. v. p. 296. 

 ' See note, p. 1.— [Ed.] 



