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NATURAL HISTORY. 
[NORTH 
dermata, shells, &c., together with a.series of fishes of the chalk forma¬ 
tion from the Mantellian Collection. Several of these collections will 
be systematically arranged in Rooms V. and VI. 
In the centre of Room V. is a complete skeleton of the large extinct 
elk, bones of which are so frequently met with in the bogs of Ireland, 
and which is occasionally found in some parts of England, and in 
the Isle of Man. The present specimen is from the first mentioned 
locality : it is the Cervus megaceros and C. giganteus of authors. 
Room VI. is devoted chiefly to the osseous remains of the Pachy- 
dermata and Edentata , which are at present under arrangement. Among 
the more prominent specimens of the collection may be particularized 
the skeleton of the American Mastodon (Mastodon Oliioticus ), and 
suite of separate bones and teeth of the same animal:—the jaws, tusks, 
molar teeth and other osseous parts of Elephas primigenius, Blumenb., 
especially those of the Siberian variety, (the Mammoth of early writers) : 
the crania and other parts of extinct Indian elephants which form a 
portion of the highly valuable collection presented by Capt. Cautley, 
Bengal Artillery, to whose indefatigable exertions science is indebted 
for the formation of a rich assemblage of fossil remains obtained in the 
Siwalic, or Sub-Himalayan ridge, situated between the Jumna and Sutliy 
rivers. From this same collection are the two very perfect skulls of a Mas¬ 
todon, regarded as distinct from other species of that genus hitherto 
noticed or described. The casts of the skull and other parts of the 
Deinotherium, a most gigantic quadruped found at Eppelsheim, forty 
miles N.W. of Darmstadt, will also be placed in this Room, as well as 
the remains of Edentata, including those of the Megatherium, and 
other gigantic species of the class, which have been discovered at 
Buenos Ayres, and in the province of Minas Geraes, Brazil. The 
casts of the bones of the Megatherium are from specimens found in 
tne bed of the Rio Salado, near Buenos Ayres : these and other casts 
are marked with asterisks. 
At the west end of the Room is the fossil human skeleton , embedded 
in limestone, brought from Guadaloupe, by Admiral the Hon. Sir 
Alexander Cochrane, and presented to the British Museum by the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 
C. KONIG. 
Feb. 27, 1847. 
ALPHABETICAL LIST 
OF THE 
MINERALS IN THE NORTH GALLERY. 
WITH REFERENCES 
Abrazite, 29. Agate-jasper, 24. 
Acanticone, 35. Alabaster, 46. 57. 
Achmite, 34. Alalite, 34. 
Acid, arsenious, 53. Albir.e, 27. 
--boracic, 41. Albite, 30. 
-molybdic, 40. Allanite, 38. 
-silicic, 20, 24. Allochroite, 36. 
Actinolite, 33. Allophane, 26. 
Adularia, 30. Almandine, 36. 
JEschvmte, 37* Alum, 55. 
Agalniatolite, 26. Alumina, 19. 
Agates, 23. -— fluoride, 59. 
TO THE TABLE CASES. 
Alumina mellate,60. Amethyst, oriental, 
-phosphate, 57. 19. 
■-silicate, 26. Amianth, 34. 
-sulphate, 55. Ammonium chlo 
Aluminite, 55. ride, 59. 
Alumocalcite, 24. Amphibole, 33. 
Alum-stone, 55. Amphigene, 30. 
Amalgam, native, 2. Anal rime, 28. 
Amazon-stone, 29 : Anatase, 37. 
Amber, 60. Andalusite, 26. 
Amblygonite, 54. Andreolite, 2. 
Amethyst, 20. Anglesite, 55. 
