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(Irrawaddy) valley, Burma ; J. = Jamna ; Less = Lesson ; Lyd. = 

 Lydekker; M. Ed. = Milne-Edwards; Myr. = Herman von Meyer; Old. 

 = Oldham ; Ovv. = Owen ; P. = Perim Island, gulf of Cambay ; Pent. 

 = Pentland ; P : G. = Pem-ganga ; Pet. = Petei's ; Pom. = Pomel ; 

 Kiit. = Rutimeyer ; S. — Siwaliks (including Punjab) ; Sd. = Sind ; 

 Stol. = Stoliezka ; Sy. = Sylhet ; Syk. = Sykes ; T. = Tibet ; Theo. = 

 Theobald ; Waag. = Waagen. 



Conclusion. 



Li the foregoing sketch of the fossil vertebrata of India, but few 

 new facts have been recorded, and, indeed, the main objects in penning it were 

 the hope, firstly, of inducing persons interested in scientific enquiries to 

 aid us in our endeavours to increase our knowledge of this interesting 

 branch of science, and, secondly, of making one of those landmarks, so neces- 

 sary in an ever-increasing subject like the present, from whence new 

 advances can again be made. With regard to the first object, it may be 

 observed that District Officers in India, and other ofiicials, in the course 

 of their periodical professional tours through the country, have far greater 

 opportunities of collecting the larger and more conspicuous fossils than can 

 possibly fall to the lot of the officers of the Geological Survey of India, 

 who are few in number, and who, for years together, are not called ujDon to 

 visit many parts of the country. To all who have opportunities of travelling 

 through unfrequented parts of India likely to contain fossil remains, 

 the appeal is here made for assistance in our endeavours to obtain a more 

 complete knowledge of the fossil vertebrata of India. Any fossils sent 

 to the Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India (Calcutta) will 

 be most gratefully received, and, after comparison or description, either 

 returned to their owners, or, if presented, carefully preserved in the 

 collection of the Indian Museum. 



Note. — Additions to this paper have been made while it was passing through the 

 press, bringing it up to date. 



