THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



June 3, 1857. 



William Reed, Esq., M.R.C.S., York, was elected a Fellow. 



The following communication was read : — 



On the species of Mastodon and Elephant occurring in the fossil 

 state in England. — Part II. Elephas. By H. Falconer, 

 M.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. 



[The publication of this paper is unavoidably postponed.] 



[Abstract.] 



In the introductory portion of Part I. of this Memoir*, the author 

 alluded to the ambiguity that has existed relative to the mammalian 

 faunae of the Miocene and Pliocene periods, in consequence of palaeon- 

 tologists confounding several distinct forms of Mastodon, of different 

 geological ages, under one name (M. angustidens) ; and on this 

 occasion Dr. Falconer stated, that, in the application of the name 

 Elephas primigenius (Mammoth) to a multitude of elephantine re- 

 mains from various superficial and deep deposits, over a vast extent 

 of territory, and of different ages, a similar, if not a greater, amount 

 of error and confusion had arisen. 



In fact, at least half the habitable globe has been assigned to the 



* Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xiii. p. 308. 

 VOL. XIV. — PART I. G 



