1837.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 899 



Monsieur Fontanjer, French Consul at Bussora, forwarded under charge 

 of Capt. Eales, Ship John Adam, various objects of natural history from 

 the Persian Gulf*. 



1. Mineral specimens from the island of Ormus. Shell concrete, or gres 

 coquillier, ferruginous and selenitons sandstone and madreporite. 



2. Zoophytes and snakes of several species from Bussora ; also a curious 

 stellion or gako (hemidactulas tiktikia ) with a note description of them. 



Mr. D. McLhod presented a. series of rock specimens from the Sutpora 

 range commencing with Seoni Chapara — the specimens are numbered with 

 reference to a map of the district accompanying. 



Dr. McClelland submitted a descriptive catalogue of the zoological 

 specimens collected by himself in the late tour in Assam, together with 

 copies of his ornithological drawings, of which the originals, about 130 in 

 number, have been transmitted through Government to the Hon'ble Court 

 of Directors. 



The fossils presented by Mr. W. Dawe of the Delhi Canal Establishment 

 had arrived and were much admired. The following is the list of them, 

 furnished by Mr. Dawe. 



No. of 

 Specimen. Names of Specimens as svpposed to be 



1 A tortoise, (a very perfect specimen of tiionyx.) 



2 A fragment of humerus of Mastodon. 



3 A ditto of tusk of ditto. 



4 to 8 Fragments of jaws of the Mastodon. 

 9, 10 Vertebra of the Sivatherium. 



11 ditto Mastodon. 



12 Right lower jaw of the elephant 1 ^ lower maimed< 



13 Left lower jaw of the elephant J 



14 Fragment of the femur of the elephant. 



15 Ditto horn of a deer. 



16 Ditto horn of a buffalo. 



17 Ditto horn of a bullock. 



18 Ditto rib of the Mastodon. 



19 Ditto upper jaw of the crocodile. 



20 Ditto jaw of a small deer. 



21, 22, 23 Ditto of bones not recognized. 



24 Ditto lower half head of the hippopotamus, (very perfec 



25 Ditto upper half head of the rhinoceros. 



26 Ditto lower jaw of the bog. 



27 Ditto ditto of the Sivatherium. 



28 Ditto ditto of the bear*. 



29 Ditto tusk of the hippopotamus. 



30 Ditto ditto of the ditto. 



31 A tooth of the crocodile. 



32 A lower jaw of a shark (supposed to be.) 



33 A fragment of the jaw of a horse. 



34 A small box containing right half of lower jaw of the hippopotamus 



dissimilis (vide Journal, No. 53 and note page 293.) 



35 A packet containing an assortment of shells. 



36 A sample supposed to be a species of coal, with a portion of bitumen. 

 37, 38 Fragments of upper part of the head of ruminant. 



39 Specimen of fossil wood. 



40 Fragment lower jaw of small elephant. 



41 Lower extremity of radius and ulna, carpul bones attached, of Mastodon. 



* This jaw seems to belong to a new animal at least, it has not yet been identifi- 

 ed.— Ed. 



