ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 5I 



C. Plants. 



Sixteen impressions of leaves, &c., from the Tufaceous deposits of Pico de Mafra, 

 Saint Michel, Azores ; presented by Sn"". Don Arruda Furtado. 



Two hundred and eighty-six Fossil Plants, &c., from the Carboniferous Strata of Carluke; 

 presented by George Griffiths, Esq., m.a., late Secretary of the British Association. 



II. By Purcliase. — A. Vertebrata. 



(1.) Mammalia. — Two molars of Mammoth from the Pleistocene gravels of Lower 

 Tooting, Surrey. 



The most important acquisitions from the Enniskillen and Egerton collections comprise 

 good specimens of Dinotherium gigaiiteum, Mastodon lonyirostis, .Rhinoceros Schleiermacheri, 

 R. incisiviis, Tapirus priscus, and Hippotheritnn gracile, from the Miocene of Eppelsheim, 

 Darmstadt. A large series of remains of Carnivora and other animals from various caves 

 in Germany, several from localities which have not before been represented in the collec- 

 tion. Remains of Mastodon Ohiotir.us, from Big-Bone-Lick, Kentucky. A mandible of 

 Ursus arctos, from Manea Fen, Cambridgeshire, described in Owen's " Bi'itlsli Foss. 

 Mammals," and an entire skull of Ursus ferox-fossilis, from Ireland. 



About twenty fossil remains of Mammalia from the Miocene of Perim Island, Gulf of 

 Cambay. 



Nine coloured casts of Mammalian Fossils, from the Newer Miocene of the Siwalik Hills . 

 The originals are in the Calcutta Museum, and have beeu figured and described by Mr. 

 K. Lydekker in the PalcBontologia Indico. 



A nearly entire skeleton of Lagosfomus tricliodacti/lus, from the Pleistocene forma- 

 tion, Buenos Ayres. 



(2.) Aves. — Remains of Dinornis didinus, Owen, from a fissure cave near Lake Wakatipu, 

 Queenstown, New Zealand, showing the skin of the head and feet still preserved, and 

 traces of the feathers, &c. 



(3.) Reptilia. — The type specimen of JPJesiosaurus mucrocephalus, figured and described 

 in the Trans. Geol. Soc, 2 ser., vol. v., pi. 43 and 45, together with other Saurian 

 remains ; pa^t of the Enniskillen collection. 



Upwards of 500 Saurian and other Reptilian remains, from the Wealden of Brixton in 

 the Isle of Wight, comprising the ischium, pubis and vertebrae of Ornithopsis eucamerotus, 

 Hulke, figured and described in the Quarterly Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. 36, 1880, and vol. 

 38, 1882. Remains of Chondrosteosaitius ma gnus, Owen, figured in Mou. Pal. Soc, 1876. 

 A large portion of the skeleton and of the dermal armature of Po/acanthus Foxii, figured 

 and described in the Phil. Trans., 1881. Portions of skeletons, more or less complete, 

 of Hypsilophodon ; many of these will be described and figured in the Phil. Trans, in thu 

 course of the present year. Also specimens of the same genus figured by Prof, Huxley 

 in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. 26, 1870, and by Prof. Owen {"Iguanodon Foxii," 

 Owen), in Mon. Pal. boc, 1876. HglcBocliampsa vectianus, Owen, and Pcikilopleuron 

 •pusillus, Owen, type specimen figured in Mon. Pal. Soc, 1876. Also a large series of 

 remains of the Iguanodon, including the mandibular ramus of a young individual figured 

 by Professor Owen in Mon. Pal. Soc, 1864; together with parts of the skull, jaws, and 

 detached teeth of the sam.e Dinosaur, and numerous bones of Cetiosaurus, and other 

 large undescribed Land-Reptiles. Purchased from the Rev. W. Fox's executors. 



Head of Ichthyosaurus plutyudon, and other Saurian remains from the Lias, Lyme 

 Regis. 



Two jaws, one large vertebra, and a very perfect j^addle of Ichthyosaurus, from the 

 Lias, Lyme Regis. 



From the Egerton collection have been acquired remains of Dinosauria, Crocodilia, 

 Enaliosauria and Chelonia, nearly all from British Jurassic deposits. 



Cast of Plesiosaurui Conyheari from the Lias of Charmouth, figured and described in 

 Quarterly Journal Geological Society, 1881, vol. 37, pi. xxiii. andxxiv, pp. 440-480. 



A Pterodactyle bone trom the Lias, Lyme Regis. 



Thirty -five casts of Reptilia from the Permian of Bohemia, 



(4.) Pisces. — Five teeth of Acrodus, two fish-jaws and four spines from the Lias of 

 Lyme Regis. 



Part of a Siluroid fish from the London Clay, Sheppey. 



A very perfect specimen of Squaloraia polyspondyla from the Lias of Lyme Regis. 



The entire collection of Fossil Fish remains from the museum of the late Sir Philip de 

 M. Gi'ey-Egerton, Bart., numbering about 4,365 specimens, nearly 200 of which have 

 either been fully described and figured, or have been named or specially referred to in 

 the following works:' — Agassiz, " Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles;" " Fishes of the 

 Old Red Sandstone ;" Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc; Rep. Brit. Assoc; Mon. Pal. Soc. Lond. ; 



0.63. H Mem. 



