34 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Tlie type specimen of Sthenurus minor ; described and figured by Professor Owen, in 

 the Proceedings of tlie Zoological Society, for 1877; from the Alluvial deposits, county 

 Phillip, New South Wales. Presented by the Rev. William Branthwaite Clarke, m.a., 

 r.R.S., St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales. 



A series of bones of extinct Marsupials, including remains of Diprotodon, Nototherium 

 Protemnodon, Procoptodon, Pulorchestes, Macropus and Thylacinus, from Darling Downs, 

 Queensland, Australia. Presented by George Bennett, Esq., m.d., f.l.s., of Sydney. 



A fine molar tooth of Elephas antiquus, Falc, from the Pleistocene, at A'^'^eimar. Pre- 

 sented by Charles Westendarp, Esq. 



(2.) Aves. — A series of plaster casts of a gigantic extinct bird oi Yirey {Uarpagornis 

 Moored, Haast). The original specimens are figured in the Transactions of the New 

 Zealand Institute. Presented by J. V. Haast, Ph. D. 



(3.) Reptilia. — Teetlioi' Leiodon and Polyptj/chodon, from the Chalk, near Maidstone ; 

 vertebrse and paddle-bones of fHosaurus, Plesiosaurns and Ichthyosaurus, and a tooth of 

 PUosaurus s^randis, Owen (being the specimen figured in the Monograph of the Paljeonto- 

 graphical Society for 1861, plate vii.), from the Kimmeridge clay, near Oxford. Teeth 

 of PUosaurus, from the Coi'al Rag of Wheatley, and mandible of Pterodactylus raptor 

 (Owen MSS.), together with other Saurian remains; from the Stonesfield Slate, Stones- 

 field. Presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, f.g.s. 



(4.) Pisces. A fine series of Fish-remains, amongst which are : — Specimens of Rhacolepis 

 Brama, R. lutus and R. buccalis ; Aspidnrhyiichus Comptani; Cladocyclus Gardneii; and 

 three undescribed fislies, found in nodules in a cretaceous formation near Barra-de-Jarden, 

 Serra Ararpe, N. Brazil. Remains of Aulolepis typus ; Saurocephalus, Facliyrhizodus, 

 Enchodus, Tetrapterus, Beryx radians, B. microcephalus, and Pycnodus, &c., from the 

 Chalk, at Burham, Kent. 



A fine series of teeth of Ftycliodus, associated in a mass of Chalk, from Hailing, near 

 Mflidstone. A mandible and premaxilla of a Chimasroid fish, which have been figured 

 for a forthcoming Decade of the Geological Survey ; from the Chalk near Maidstone ; 

 and a series of Fish remains, from the Stonesfield Slate. Presented by the Hon. Robert 

 Marsham, F.G.S. 



A specimen of CcBlacanthus lepturus, in a nodule of Clay-Ironstone, from Stanton-by- 

 Dale, Derbyshire. Presented by Mr. Moses Rigley. 



I. By Donation. — B. Invertebkata. 



Upwards of 600 Invertebrate Fossils and Plants from British and foreign localities, 

 including more than 300 specimens of Crustacea; Cephalopoda, and Conchifera ; Crinoidea, 

 Echlnoderms, and Starfishes; Corals and Sponges from the Chalk of Burham and Maid- 

 stone; the Chalk-marl of Fangbourne, &c. 150 Ammonites, Mollusca, Echinodermata, 

 and plant-remains, from the Oolite of Marcham, Stonesfield, &c. ; four Illani, from the 

 Trenton Limestone, U.S. America; one Orthoceras from China; sections of fossil fern- 

 stem, &c. (silicified), from Brazil. 50 fossil shells, from Cretaceous beds of Pondicherry. 

 Also the type-specimen of Heniipedina Marchamensis, figured and described by Dr. 

 Wright (Pal. Soc. Mon. 1858, Part II., p. 161, pi. xi., fig. 1), from the Lower Calc Grit 

 of Marcham, Berks. Presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, f.g.s. 



Three casts of figured Crlnoids, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Clifton, Bristol 

 Presented by J. G. Grenfell, Esq., B.A., f.g.s. 



Three Corals, from Beechey Island. Presented by Joshua Brown, Esq., Bartonbury, 

 Cirencester. 



Four Helices, and six slabs full of xVloUusca, the former from the Travertin, the latter 

 from the Muschelkalk of A\^eimar. Presented lay Charles Westendarp, Esq. 



A series of Tertiary shells, and also some remains of Cycadete, from India. Presented 

 by Charles Falconer, Esq., F.G.S. 



Some minute Polyzoa, from the Coal Measures of Lanarkshire. Presented by D. R. 

 Rankin, Esq., M.R.C.S. 



II. By Purchase. — A. Vertebrata. 



(1.) Mammalia. — Remains of Elephas primigenius, and Bos primigenius, from the 

 Pleistocene deposits at Ilford, Essex. 



A series of plaster models of remains of Felsinotherium ForestU, from the Pliocene 

 deposits atRiosta, Bologna, Italy. The originals are figured and described by Professor 

 Capellini, in the Memoirs of the Institute and Academy of Sciences of Bologna, Series 

 IIL, vol 1. 



Remains of Myolagus Meyeri, and other Rodents ; and also of Parasorex socialis, from 

 Freshwater Limestone, Hahnenberg, Bavaria. 



(2.) Aves. — A series of remains of a large extinct Pelican {Pelicanus intermedius), 

 and Anus Blaiichardi ; also crania of small undescribed birds. From Miocene Freshwater 

 Limestone, near Hahnenberg, Bavaria. 



(3.) Reptilia. 



