260 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



inspector of the mines, and by M. Ducos : that 

 which is remarkable for the greatest diameter 

 was recently found at Paris in digging the foun- 

 dation of a house : it was presented by M. de 

 Ferussac. 



Here end the mamalia. The series of the other 

 vertebrated animals commences with bones of 

 birds found in the quarries of limestone of Chap- 

 tuzat and Gannat, some given by M. le comte 

 de Chabrol, prefect of the Seine, and others by 

 M. Boirot, physician. 



A little further we find the remains of tor- 

 toises, discovered in the limestone quarries of 

 Maestricht ; a part were given by the lateM.Faujas, 

 professor of geology to the Museum, and the rest 

 were procured at the sale of his collection. 



Then come the vertebrae of different species 

 of crocodiles, which are found in the rocks called 

 the Vaches-NoireS} on the borders of the Chan- 

 nel : they belong to those with a narrow muzzle, 

 and are nearly the same as the crocodile of the 

 Ganges. 



Immediately after are the vertebrae and various 

 bones of the great animal of Maestricht, classed 

 by M. Cuvier amongst the monitors : in a glazed 

 box above the case which contains them is placed 

 the head of this animal, one of the finest remains 

 of former creations that has been hitherto dis~ 



