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THE UPPER GALLERY. 
be found many illustrations of the rich flora preserved in the 
clays and lignites of Bovey Tracey in Devonshire, including 
examples of the Sequoia, allied to the mammoth trees of 
California. These deposits were formerly regarded as of 
Miocene age, but it seems probable that no strata strictly 
referable to that period occur in Britain. 
The Pliocene series, represented hiefly by the Crags, or shelly 
sands of East Anglia, receive ample illustration in Wall Cases 
30 to 23. Even a casual observer will not fail to notice such 
specimens as the large crab from Aldborough in Case 20 ; the 
handsome Cassidaria and the fine Cyprinas in Case 21 ; or the 
noble Volutes in Case 23. In Case 23 will also be found an 
interesting series of plant-remains and mollusca from the Forest- 
bed of Norfolk and Suffolk ; whilst the succeeding Cases, 24 
and 25, are devoted to Pleistocene fossils, including land, fresh- 
water and marine mollusca, with Crustacea and echinoderms. 
A rich collection of Tertiary vertebrata is exhibited in the 
recesses on the eastern side of the Upper Gallery. Commencing 
with Recess Case 15, the visitor finds himself in front of a group 
of Eocene fossils, chiefly the remains of fishes, and including 
representatives of the sharks, rays, chimseroids, ganoids and the 
modern bony fishes. Here also are relics of Eocene turtles and 
crocodiles and of a large marine snake. The specialist will note, 
with interest, the type -specimens of Gastornis Klaasseni, a 
gigantic wingless bird from the Woolwich beds of Croydon, 
described by Mr. E. T. Newton. The Eocene mammalia are of 
necessity but scantily represented. 
Pliocene vertebrata, mostly from the so-called coprolite 
workings in the East Anglian Crags are well illustrated by the 
fine series in the Wall Cases of Recess No. 16. The large 
triangular teeth of the shark, Garcharodon megalodon ; the ear** 
bones and teeth of whales ; the hard bony beaks, or rostra, 
of other cetaceans ( Mesoplodon ) ; portions of walrus tusks 
( Trichechus ) ; and teeth of mastodon, rhinoceros, tapir, 
hipparion, &c., are among the more notable of these Crag 
vertebrata. 
A rich collection of the vertebrate fossils of the Norfolk 
Forest-bed, a late Pliocene formation, is lodged in Recess 17, and 
in the Table Case (F) of Recess 16. A large number of these 
specimens were bequeathed to the Museum by the Rev. S. W, 
King, of Cromer. Here will be found excellent examples of the 
teeth of several kinds of elephant ; as also relics of a rhinoceros, 
the hippopotamus, a gigantic beaver and various carnivora ; nor 
should we omit mention of the large series of bones of the 
smaller forms of animal life, such as the voles, often overlooked 
by collectors. 
In order to study the Pleistocene Vertebrata the visitor must 
descend to the Lower Gallery, where he will find a rich collection 
from the river-drifts and bone-caves of Biitain. These are 
displayed in Cases 1, 2, and 3, and in the extension of the range 
