332 Scientific Memoranda, 



and crocodile. Some recent discoveries in the diluvian ossiferous 

 deposite of Chevilly, (Loiret,) of the bones of the extremities of 

 the animal called gigantic tapir, by Cuvier, show that this animal, 

 by the test of its osteology, is closely allied to the living tapir, 

 although equalling, if not exceeding, the rhinoceros. The Tndre 

 and Loiret are departments in the central districts of France. 



Teleo-Saurus. — M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire has communicated 

 to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, some particulars re- 

 specting the fossil remains of an extinct animal, discovered at 

 Caen, and which he has named Teleo-Saurus. M. St. Hiliare sup- 

 poses it to be, from the form of the teeth, herbivorous, like the 

 Iguanodon, discovered by Mr. Mantell ; and that it probably fed 

 on the algae, and other marine plants. It is of the period of the 

 ichthyosauri, and M. St. H., as usual, draws it into one of his in- 

 genious theories. 



The Eagle and the Weasel. — A group of haymakers in Selkirk- 

 shire, saw an eagle rising above the steep mountains that enclose 

 the narrow valley. The spectators were soon aware of some- 

 thing peculiar in the flight of the bird they were observing. He 

 used his wings violently, and the strokes were often repeated, as 

 if he was unusually agitated, wheeling in circles constantly de- 

 creasing, whilst his ascent was proportionally rapid. He rose 

 until he was nearly out of sight, when at length he appeared to 

 descend, and with great rapidity, but in the manner of a shot 

 bird. Wlien he reached the ground, a black-tailed weasel came 

 from the body, as the haymakers came up, looked around, stood 

 on its hind legs for a moment or two, and then ran into a bush. 

 The eagle was dead, covered with his blood ; upon examination 

 it appeared the weasel had eaten into his throat and destroyed 

 him. — Abstract from Mag. JVat. Hist. Vol. 3. p. 2. 



Winter Quarters of Frogs. — In draining a bog, or springy piece 

 of ground in the winter, (during the frost,) I discovered a large 

 quantity, — some hundreds, I suppose, — (frogs,) imbedded about 

 three feet below the surface, in the head or source of a more 

 than usually strong spring. Upon being uncovered, they appear- 

 ed very inactive, but not torpid or motionless, and attempted to 

 bury themselves again in the sand, which, from the flowing of 



