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



Small Table-case 6a is occupied by remains of Dicotyles from Brazil ; of Sus scrofa 

 from Oreston, Grays, &c. 



Table-case 7 contains the skulls and lower jaws of fossil Suidcs, as Sus giganteus, 

 S. hysudricus, S. sivalensis, and Merycopotamus dissimilis, from the Siwalik Hills, India ; 

 of Falceochcerus from Allier, Listiindon from Garonne, and species of Charopotamus, 

 Anthracolherium, and Hyopntamus, from the Eocene strata of England and France. 



In Table-case 8 are the fossil remains of species of Anoplotberium from the Eocene of 

 Montmartre and Vaucluse, of Eurytherium, Xiphodon, Dichodon, Dichobune. and Lepto- 

 plotherium from the Eocene of France and England. Remains of (Ihulicotheritnn from 

 China, India, and France ; also of Cainothenum, Miolophus, Hyrucotherium, Oreodon, 

 Listriodon, &c., from England, France, India, and America. 



The small Table-case 8a contains the limb bones of Bos piim'/geidus from Ilford. 



Table-case No. 9 is occupied by skulls of Ovibos moschatus from Eschscholtz Bay, 

 Kotzebue Sound, Porcupine R., Arctic America ; also from Maidenhead ; Green-street 

 Green, Kent ; and Crayford, Essex. Various Ruminant remains from the Nerbudda, 

 Bucapra Daviesii, and Capra sivalensis from the Siwalik Hills, India ; and species of 

 Antelope and lios from the Tertiary deposits of France, &c. 



In Table-case 10 nre placed various Deer-remains, including the skull of Dorcatherium 

 from the Miocene of Epplesheim ; remains of Dicrorerus, Myamosthus, and numerous 

 species of Cervida from England, France, Italy, and India. 



The small Table-case 10a contains jaws and teeth of Cervus mi'gaceros from Ireland, &c. 



Table-case 11 contains remains of Roebuck, Cervus capreolus ; of Reindeer, Cervus 

 tarandus, from various British localities and the Auvergne ; the Palceomeiyx mediiis from 

 the Miocene Brown Coal of Rott by Bonn. Here are also placed the bones of Halitherium 

 and other Sirenia. 



The Pavilion. — Fossil Birds. 



Table-case No. 12 is chiefly occupied with remains of the smaller forms of extinct birds 

 of New Zealand, including bones of a gigantic goose, Cnemiornis ; a Rail, NotorJiis, and 

 the remains of a small " Moa," Dinornis didinvs, having the skin still preserved in a dried 

 state coverinii the bones of the head, neck, legs, and feet, and some few feathers of a 

 reddish colour still preserved on the leg. The tracheal rings of the windpide may still 

 be seen in situ, and the sclerotic plates of the eyes and the sheaths of the claws. One 

 foot also shows the hind clav/ (Jiallux) still attached to the foot. 



The adjoining Wall-case 11 contains the detached bones of other and larger species of 

 Dinornis from New Zealand. 



'J'able-case No. 1 3 is devoted to the exhibition of the Archaopteryx macrura from the 

 lithographic stone of Solenhnfen, the oldest fossil bird at present discovered. With it 

 are placed a series of casts of bones of the Hesperornis regalis. Marsh ; a gigantic diving 

 bird (with teeth) nearly six feet in height, from the Middle Cretaceous of Kansas, U.S. 

 ofNoith America. This case also contains the remains of Dasornis, Argilloinis, and 

 Odontoplerijx, from the London clay of Sheppey ; a Palceortyx from Montmartre. 

 Numerous remains of birds from the Miocene of Allier ; of Pelican from Steinheim ; and 

 of Ostrich from the Siwalik Hills, India. 



Fossil Marsupialia. — Table-case 14 contains a series of jaws and teeth, &c., of small 

 Mammalia, named Phnscolotheriuin and Amphitherium, from the Stonesfield Slate, Gt. 

 Oolite, near Oxford, and of eleven other genera, represented by 92 specimens, from the 

 Middle Purbeck, Beds, Durdlesione Bay, Swanage, Dorset. These are among the very 

 oldest mammalian remains known. Here are also placed remains of Feratherium and 

 Didelphys from the Eocene of Hordwell, Hants, and Vaucluse, France ; and of Didelphys 

 from Minas Geraes, Brazil. The rest of the Case is filled with, remains of II genera 

 of fossil Marsupialia from Queensland. 



Table-case 15 is entirely occupied with remains of Thylacoleo carnifex, Nototherium 

 and Diprotodon from Queensland, Australia. In the adjoining Wall-case 1.3 also are 

 a large portion of the skeleton, with parts of skulls and lower jaws of Diprotodon Australis, 

 of Nototherium, Sun^ other large marsupial remains from Darling Downs, Queensland, 

 &c., Australia. 



Fossil Edentata. — Wall-case 12. — The greater part of the skeleton of Scelidotherium 

 leptocephalum from the Tertiary of Buenos Ayres has been articulated and mounted and 

 placed in this case, together with the remains of Mylodon from Uruguay ; Megatherium 

 from Buenos Ayres ; Chlamydotherium, Hoplophorvs, and several species of Glyptodon, 

 all from the Argentine Republic of S. America. 



S. E. Gallery (North side). — Small Table-case 16a contains a selected series 

 illustrative of the fossil Vertebrata of the Suffolk Crag, comprising remains of Mastodon, 

 Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Coryphodon, Hyaua, Cervus, Sus, Tapir us, Ziphius, Bulaiiodon, 

 Trichecodon, Squalodon, Delphinus, and teeth of 12 genera of Cestraciont and other fishes. 



Table-case 16 contains a series of rostral bones of Ziphius and otolithes of Cetacea, 

 mostly from the Crag. 



In Table-case No. 17 are placed a series of Molar teeth, &c., of Elephas Armeniacus 

 from Armenia ; of E. Columbi from Georgia, U. S. A., and from Texas ; also a fine series 

 of molars of E. primigeuius from Ilford, Essex ; part of the Brady collection. 



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