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within the short space of two years, has disinterred numerous fine 

 Saurians from the lias : among these we recognise a Plesiosaurus, 

 so perfect, that it serves to commemorate the skill of Mr. Conybeare, 

 whose elaborate restoration of the skeleton from one imperfect spe- 

 cimen is now amply confirmed. 



A recent discovery of Miss Mary Anning, that indefatigable pur- 

 veyor to the store-houses of our science, has furnished Mr. T. Haw- 

 kins with the disjointed fragments of an animal, which upon being 

 reintegrated, proves to be the largest individual of the Ichthyosaurus 

 platyodon ever yet found entire upon our shores. 



Two Members of your Council, Viscount Cole and Sir Philip 

 Egerton, have for some years entered zealously into the pursuit of 

 fossil zoology, and have reaped a rich harvest, both on the continent 

 and at home, having with their own hands brought to light some 

 osseous relics unknown even to Cuvier. 



If these are among the latest fruits of fossil zoology in England, 

 our coadjutors on the continent have not relaxed their efforts. I had 

 formerly occasion to direct your attention to that invaluable work, 

 the Conchological Classifications of M. Deshayes ; and I ought at the 

 same time to have noticed a most useful and clear production of the 

 same author, entitled CoquHles Curacteristiques des Terreins. 



The " M£moires Palseontologiques" of M. Boue, which embraces 

 memoirs from all countries, may, it is to be hoped, in great measure 

 supply the loss which must have been deeply felt by every practical 

 geologist, in the cessation of that most useful periodical the Bulletin 

 Universel des Sciences. 



M. Pentland, from the examination of a collection of fossil bones 

 which had been consigned to his deceased friend, Baron Cuvier, has 

 enlarged our acquaintance with the Fauna of Australia, by the addi- 

 tion of several new and undescribed species of animals, principally 

 marsupial. 



The " Palseologica" of M. Hermann Von Meyer, of Frankfort, 

 brings together, in a synoptical form, all our present stock of know- 

 ledge of extinct vertebrated animals ; and being a compendious index 

 to all the works written upon this subject, must be considered a ne- 

 cessary portion of every geological library. 



Our distinguished Foreign Associate Von Buch has just produced 

 a work upon Ammonites, which is intended to simplify the natural 

 arrangement of this obscure class of fossil bodies. 



A blank in fossil zoology is about to be filled up by Dr. Agassiz, 

 of Neufchatel, whose work on " Fossil Fishes" will furnish us with 

 materials which we looked for from the pen of the lamented Cuvier. 

 Precise anatomical distinctions, even to the minutest forms of the 

 scales, will be so considered in this work, that the learned Professor 

 hopes to realize the application of the system of his great in- 

 structor, and from the forms of parts to enable us to decide upon 

 the specific character of the entire fish to which they belonged. The 

 short sketch* by this author of the fishes of GEningen and of the 



* Jahr. Buch, 1832, Dritter Jahrgang Zweites Quartal-Heft. 



