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C. — Plants. 



Fifteen Coal Measure Plants, Neuropteris, Szc, obtained 

 from boring in Sandstone, Dover Coal-boring, presented by- 

 Francis Brady, Esq., C.E. 



A series of concretionary bodies formed around roots in 

 White Sand, between Cape Town and Simon's Town, Cape of 

 Good Hope; presented by Percy A. Molteno, Esq. 



A fine section of a fossil tree (Dadoxylon), from the Tren- 

 cherbone fault, Coal Measures, near Worsley, Manchester ; 

 presented by W. W. Midgley, Esq., f.r.m.s. 



Two examples of Lignite from the Tertiary of Bovey Tracey, 

 Devonshire ; presented by Dr. Pegler. 



2.— By Purchase. A. Vertebrata. 



1. Martimalia. — Sixty-seven bones of Hippopotamus 

 Lemerlei, from the mud-deposits in hot-springs, Ant-Sirabe. 

 A calvarium of Megaladapis Madagascariensis, and other 

 Mammalian remains from Vakimitukaratra, Madagascar. 



A skull of Megaladapis Madagascariensis, with portions 

 of skulls of Hippotamus, Sus, Potamochoerus, and a femur of 

 Manis, from Madagascar. 



A molar tooth and five bones of Mastodon americanum, 

 from Bothwell, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada. 



Thirty-one bones of Mammalia from Torbryan Cave, near 

 Torquay. 



A series of two hundred and sixty remains of Mammalia 

 from the Middle Miocene of La Grive St. Alban, France. 



2. Aves. — A series of thirty bones of Dinornis, from New 

 Zealand. 



A series of bones of JSpyornis niaximus, &c., from mud- 

 deposits in hot-springs at Ant-Sirabe and Vakinitukaratra, 

 Madagascar. 



A skull and bones of Aphanapteryx, and portions of pelvis, 

 &c., of AEpyornis, from Chatham Island. 



A nearly perfect skeleton of Ap)tornis defossor, found at 

 Castle Kock, Oreti River, Southland, New Zealand. 



Fifty- five bird-bones from the Middle Miocene of La Grive 

 St. Alban, France. 



A collection of two hundred and fifty bird-bones from 

 Corsica, Sardinia, &;c. (described by Mr. Lydekker, in Trans. 

 Zool. Soc, 1891). 



3. Reptilia. — Twenty bones of reptiles, from the Middle 

 Miocene, La Grive St. Alban, France. 



A series of twenty-eight remains of Grocodilus ohtusirostris, 

 from mud-deposits at hot-springs, Ant-Sirabe ; also bones of 

 Testudo and Grocodilus, from a dried-up lake, and from 

 Vakinitukaratra, Central Madagascar. 



0.107. K 4 Fragmentary 



