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Darwin was fortunate in having so able and bold an expounder 
as Huxley ; who was one of the first to oe his theory, and 
been of great benefit to all departments of Biology, and his 
1 ong the 
latter, his original investigations on the relations of Birds and 
time. He has added largely to his previous publications on 
the British fossil Reptiles, Bi , and Mammals; the extinct 
reptiles of South Africa, and the Post-Tertiary birds of New 
Zealand. His description of the Archewopteryzx near the begin- 
ning of the period was a most welcome contribution. 
e investigations of Egerton on Fossil Fishes have likewise 
been continued with important results. Busk, Dawkins, Flower 
and Sanford have made valuable contributions to the history of 
fossil Mammals. Bell, Giinther, Hulke, Lankester, Powrie, 
Miall, and Seely, have made notable additions to our knowledge 
ae ang Amphibians, and Fishes. Among Invertebrates, the 
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On the Continent, the advance in Paleontology has, during 
the last two decades, been equally great. In France, Gervais 
continued his memoirs on extinct vertebrates noe to the 
present date; while Gaudry has published several volumes on 
the subject that are models for all students of the science. His 
Lartet’s various works are of permanent value, and his applica- 
tion of Paleontology to Archeology brought notable results. 
The volume of Tikose Milne-Edwards on fossil Crustacea 
Was a fit supplement to Brongniart and Desmarest’s well known 
work; while his grand memoir on fossil Birds deserves to 
rank with the classic volumes of Cuvier. Duvernoy, Filhol, 
Hébert, Sanvage and others have also published interesting 
results on fan 
. Van Beneden’s researches on the fossil vertebrates of Bel- 
gium have produced results of t value. Pictet, Riitimeyer, 
and Wedersheim in Switzerland, Bianconi, Forsyth-Major, and 
