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room ix. (Elephas primigenius Bl.) which is the real rnam- 
Nat. Hist, moth; and the gigantic North American animal 
(Mastodon ohioticus ), which has likewise errone¬ 
ously been called mammoth;—those of the rhino¬ 
ceros (Ji. antiquitatis). 
Of carnivorous animals we have the cranium and 
other bones of the cavern bear (UrSus spelaus Bl.) 
from the Harz of Franconia. 
Among the bones of the ruminant animals are: 
<—A very perfect specimen of the skull and horns 
of the large elk (Cervus hibernicus ), found fossil 
in Ireland and the Isle of Man ;—the skull of the 
Caledonian ox (Bos Taurus, var. gigantea,) nearly 
allied to the European domesticated ox;—bones in 
the osseous breccia of Gibraltar and the coast of 
Dalmatia. 
Of the scarce remains of birds, there are two 
specimens in this collection from Oeningen and 
the plaster-quarries of Paris. 
Among the bones of the class of reptiles, the 
most interesting are those of several species of 
Ichthyosaurus, a genus of the order of Lizards 
(Sauri ), to which we have given that name on ac¬ 
count of its having been first mistaken for a fish by 
Chapman and others. Particularly remarkable are 
the carpal bones of the foot of Ichthyosaurus im- 
manis, the largest species we are acquainted with, 
from the blue lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset;—the 
bones of another huge lizard belonging to a genus 
intermediate 
