Note to the Article Platypus, tol. Lp. 232. 



On laying open the parts beyond the base of the bill, it appears 

 that the Platypus, like the Ant-Eaters, is furnished with small 

 bony processes resembling grinding-teeth, imbedded in the gum, 

 but not fastened or rooted in the jaw : of these processes there arc 

 two on each side both of the upper and under jaw. — See a papdr 

 on this subject by Mr, E. Home^ in the goth mlujne of the Fhiloso^ 

 phical Transactions, 



ERRATUM.— PART It. 



P. 271. 1. 5. The figure here said to be taken from Ridinger, is in reality from 

 Buffon only ; Ridinger's figure representing the animal in a gai- 

 kiping posture, which is not its natural one. 



