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many reptilian characters, but with well-developed feathers on 
the wings and tail, the impressions of which are beautifully 
preserved in the specimen. A series of skeletons of the " Moa," 
or Dinornis of JTew Zealand, a bird in which no trace of a 
wing has been discovered, show the diversity of size of different 
members of the group, some far exceeding any existing ostrich 
and others scarcely larger than a good-sized turkey. Some 
of these remains are so recent as still to be covered with dried 
skin, and even feathers. Several eggs are also shown ; but, large 
as these are, they are greatly exceeded in size by those of the 
^pyornis from Madagascar, in the south-east corner of the 
room. 
The long gallery north of the mammalian saloon contains a Extinct 
fine assemblage of Eeptilian remains. The south side is devoted 
to the Great Sea-Lizards (Plesiosauricc and Iclitliyosauria), 
mostly from the Lias formation. Eanged in the cases on the 
north side are remains of the gigantic Dinosauria, which far 
exceeded in size any other land-animals. At the eastern end 
of the gallery are the Pteroscmria, or Flying Eeptiles. At the 
west end is the nearly complete skeleton of Paviasaurus from 
the Karoo formation | (Trias) of South Africa, one of the most 
remarkable fossil reptiles yet obtained. 
Of the galleries running northAvards from this, the one nearest Extinct 
the centre of the building is devoted to the collection of fossil 
rishes, an account of which has been published in a special 
guide.* The next contains the Cephalopods, a group of animals 
abounding in extinct forms, of which the Belemnites and 
Ammonites are the best known. The form and structure of 
their nearest living representatives, the various species of Cuttle- 
fishes, Squids, Argonauts and Nautilus are illustrated by models 
and drawings and specimens, placed near the entrance of the 
gallery and along the top-line of the wall-cases. The third 
gallery contains the remaining Molluscs and Bracliiopods ; the 
Echinoderms, Annelids and Crustacea; the fourth, the Corals, Extinct 
Sponsjes, Protozoa, and Fossil Plants. In these last two ^^1®!^®^^^^^®^ 
-c^ o ' ' - and Plants. 
galleries the British specimens are placed m the table-cases, 
■and those of foreim oric^in in the cases round the walls. 
* * Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes in the Department of Geology 
and Pala?ontology.' Price fourpence. 
