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  NILE 
  VALLEY. 
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  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Freshwater 
  Shells 
  collected 
  in 
  Nubia 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Leith 
  

   Adams. 
  By 
  S. 
  P. 
  Woodward, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S., 
  A.L.S. 
  

  

  The 
  Shells 
  and 
  fragments 
  of 
  Shells 
  from 
  Egypt 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Leith 
  Adams 
  are 
  not 
  all 
  determinable 
  — 
  at 
  least 
  with 
  such 
  materials 
  

   for 
  comparison 
  as 
  are 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  fragments 
  of 
  a 
  Unio 
  resembling 
  the 
  British 
  U. 
  pictorum 
  may 
  

   belong 
  to 
  a 
  species 
  called 
  " 
  U. 
  lithophagus 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collec- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  little 
  Bidimus 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  common 
  Indian 
  

   B. 
  pidlus, 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  Egyptian 
  specimens. 
  The 
  remaining 
  four 
  

   species 
  are 
  common 
  Nile 
  Shells 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  day. 
  The 
  following 
  

   is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  the 
  numbers 
  attached 
  referring 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  

   the 
  specimens 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Fossil 
  Specimens. 
  

  

  ■^ 
  t. 
  f 
  Unio 
  " 
  lithophagus 
  " 
  ?. 
  

   ' 
  \ 
  Paludina 
  bulimoides. 
  

   8, 
  9. 
  Cyrena 
  fluminalis, 
  var. 
  trigona. 
  

  

  10. 
  Bulimus 
  pullus 
  ; 
  Wadi 
  el 
  Arabi. 
  

  

  1 
  1 
  . 
  Cyrena 
  fluminalis, 
  var. 
  

   1 
  o 
  f 
  Cyrena 
  fluminalis, 
  var. 
  

   Jo' 
  I 
  Unio 
  "lithophagus"?. 
  

  

  [ 
  Paludina 
  bulimoides. 
  

   iEtheria 
  semilunata. 
  

  

  •..J 
  Cyrena 
  fluminalis. 
  

   ' 
  Iridina 
  nilotica. 
  

  

  15. 
  

  

  Bulimus 
  pullus. 
  

   f 
  iEtheria 
  semilunata. 
  

   \ 
  Unio 
  " 
  hthophagus" 
  ?. 
  

  

  Recent 
  Specimens. 
  

  

  Cyrena 
  (Corbicula) 
  fluminalis 
  ; 
  Nile 
  above 
  Thebes. 
  

   Paludina 
  bulimoides 
  : 
  First 
  Cataract. 
  

  

  [S. 
  P. 
  W.] 
  

  

  Note 
  on 
  some 
  Teeth 
  of 
  Hippopotamus 
  from 
  Nubia. 
  

   By 
  Hugh 
  Falconer, 
  M.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  (Abstract.) 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Falconer 
  described 
  two 
  molars 
  imbedded 
  in 
  situ 
  in 
  a 
  fragment 
  

   of 
  the 
  left 
  maxillary 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  Hippopotamus. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  

   reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  dug 
  up 
  near 
  the 
  old 
  temple 
  of 
  Kalabshe 
  in 
  

   Nubia, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Leith 
  Adams 
  

   with 
  his 
  paper. 
  Dr. 
  Falconer 
  was 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  although 
  the 
  

   teeth 
  are 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  fossil 
  specimens 
  of 
  Hippo- 
  

   potamus 
  major, 
  the 
  Kalabshe 
  remain 
  does 
  not 
  present 
  characters 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  existing 
  species 
  of 
  that 
  country— 
  

   Hippopotamus 
  amphibius. 
  — 
  [H. 
  F.] 
  

  

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