QUADEUMANA. 



297 



are the Cat> and tlie Dog tribe, the Hysena, Bear,^ and 

 Eatel,^ and other Camivora. In the feathered races there 

 are Grallse, greatly surpassing iii size the gigantic Crane of 

 Bengal {Ciconia argala). Among the Reptilia, besides the 

 Magar and Gavial, there were other Crocodiles* of enormous 

 bulk, approaching the largest Saurians ; and the Testudinata, 

 which have hitherto held but a humble rank beside their 

 Saurian co-ordinals, here show their giant representatives. 

 In addition to numerous species of Emys aud Trionyx not 

 bigger than the small Terrapins of the sluggish brooks of 

 Hiadostan, we possess humeri and femora of this tribe (with 

 corresponding fragments of the bucklers) as large as the equi- 

 valent bones of the Indian Ehinoceros. As the Pterodactyle 

 more than realized the most extravagant idea of the Winged 

 Dragon, so does this huge Tortoise come up to the lofty con- 

 ceptions of Hindoo mythology ; and could we but recall the 

 monsters to life, it were not difficult to imagine an Elephant 

 supported on its back. 



SuHAEUNPOOE : Nov. 24, 1S36. 



' Asiat. 'Res., Art XI. FeHs crlstata 

 (Nob.). Smaller than the Tiger. (See 

 jjostea, p. 315. — Ed.) 



- Ibid. Art. XII. Ursiis Sivalensis 

 (Nob). Size of the U. spelcsus. (See 

 postea, p. 321. — Ed.) 



^ Messrs. Baker and Durand, Joiirn. 

 Asiatic Society, vol. v. p. 581. 



Fig. 



■» C. Leptorhi/nchus orassidens (Noh.), 

 an immense species far exceeding exist- 

 ing ones, and forming a passage from 

 the Gavials into the true Crocodiles. It 

 has the cylindrical muzzle and synos- 

 torized lower jaw of the former with the 

 blunt thick teeth of the latter. 



FROM A SKETCH IN PENCIL IN ONE OF DE. FAI.CONBE S NOTE-BOOIS BY THE 

 LATE PEOFESSOE EDWAED FOEBES. 



