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EAST WING. 
Fossil remains remains of Man found under such circumstances as may justify 
of Man. the appellation of " fossil/' in caves or pleistocene deposits, asso- 
ciated with the bones of animals either completely or locally 
extinct. Then follow in systematic order, the bones and teeth 
of the other Primates, the Carnivora, Ungulata and Sirenia. 
The greater part of the north side of the gallery is devoted to the 
exhibition of a magnificent collection of the remains of Probos- 
cidea (Dinotheria, Mastodons and elephants), including the fine 
series from the sub-Himalayan Mountains collected by Cautley 
and Falconer. In the pavilion at the end of the gallery are the 
Edentata, nearly all from South America, the Marsupialia from 
Australia, and a most interesting series of small Mammalian 
remains from the Purbeck beds of the south of England. This 
room also contains the fossil remains of birds, including the 
famous " Lizard Bird" (Archseopteryx) of the Solenhofen beds, in 
Bavaria, and the gigantic Moa or Dinornis from "New Zealand. 
The long gallery, north of the mammalian saloon contains a 
■^j^Q^ fine assemblage of Eeptilian remains. The south side is devoted 
Eeptiles. to the great sea-lizards (Flesiosauria and Ichthyosauria), in- 
cluding the collection described and figured in Mr. Hawkins's 
Book of the Great Sea-Dragons. Ranged in the cases on the 
north side are remains of the gigantic Dinosaurians, which far 
exceeded in size any other land animals. At the eastern end 
of the gallery are the Pterosauria, or Plying Pteptiles. 
Extinct Of the galleries leading backwards from this, the one nearest 
Fishes. centre of the building is devoted to the collection of fossil 
Pishes, an account of which has been published in a special guide.* 
The next contains the Cephalopods, the third the remaining 
Molluscs, Echinoderms, Annelids and Crustacea, and fourth the 
Extinct Corals, Sponges, Protozoa and fossil Plants. In these two last 
and^Piants^^^ galleries the British specimens are placed in the table-cases, and 
those of foreign origin in the cases round the walls. The fifth 
gallery is set apart for the reception of certain special collections 
of historical interest, which, from the circumstances under 
which they were formed, or under which they came into posses- 
sion of the Museum, or from their containing a large number 
of types described and figured in standard monographs, it 
* ' Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes in the Department of Geology 
and raluioutoiogy,' lb85. rrice threepence. 
