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NATURAL HISTORY. (Fossils.) 
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France. The fossil Nautili occupy one of the Cases beneath the 
windows. Case 4 contains shells related to the Ammonite and Nauti¬ 
lus ( Hamites , B acuities, Turrilites, Goniatites, Orthocei'as , &c.) and 
the Trigonellites, supposed to be opercula of Ammonites. In Case 11 
are the fossilised remains of extinct Cuttle-fishes and Calamaries; 
these consist not only of the shell, but of the soft parts of the animals, 
—the muscular arms and fins; the ink-bag with the ink (sepia), &c. 
The most remarkable examples are those of the Acanthoteuthis antiquus, 
and Belemnites Oweni, from the Oxford-clay of Chippenham. The 
remaining Tables are occupied by shells from the Crag of the Eastern 
Counties, oolitic shells, &e. The Wall Cases are devoted to mam¬ 
malian remains; one Case (at the East end of the Room) to the 
remains of ruminant mammalia; and the Case opposite to those of 
the different species of Rhinoceros. The remaining Wall Cases are 
under arrangement. Cases 1 to 13 are occupied by the carnivorous 
mammalia of the upper tertiary formations, including those of the 
caverns of England, Germany, and France. The fine suite of Bear 
skulls, the Hysena remains, and those of the Cave Lion may be noticed 
as the most conspicuous. 
In the Cases to the right of the entrance doorway (Nos. 14 to 27, 
inclusive) will be arranged the mammalian remains from the lower 
tertiary formations, the greater portion of which are from Auvergne, 
and from Vaucluse in the South of France. 
Room VI. 
Room VI. is occupied chiefly by the osseous remains of the Pachy - 
dermata and Edentata , which are at present under arrangement. 
Among the specimens, the following may be particularized. A cast 
of the skull and lower jaw of the Dinotherium, the originals of which 
were found at Eppelsheim, forty miles N. W. of Darmstadt; a portion 
of a lower jaw from Perim Island in the Gulf of Cambay, which is 
regarded by Dr. Falconer as belonging to a second species of Di¬ 
notherium (the D. Indicum of that author) : it was presented, together 
with other mammalian remains, by Miss Pepper; the skeleton of the 
North American mastodon (M. Ohioticus), together with numerous 
parts of other individuals of the same species; and a nearly perfect 
cranium, and other portions of the South American mastodon (AT. 
Andium). Of the European mastodons, the collection contains re¬ 
mains which have been referred to the M. angustidens, M. Arvernensis, 
and M. longirostris. Three species of Indian mastodons have been 
founded, in the “ Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis” of Falconer and Cautley, 
upon remains in the collection: they are the M. Perimensis, M. 
Sivalensis , and M. latidens of that w T ork, in which, it may be 
observed, are figured the greater portion of the specimens here 
noticed. The elephant remains, in Room VI., are referred by Dr. 
Falconer to the following species, viz. :— Elephas priscus (?), E. 
meridionalis , E. primigenius, from the European tertiary formations; 
and E. bombifrons, E. Ganesa , E. insignis, E. planifrons, E. Hy - 
sudricus, and E. JYamadicus, from India. A large portion of the 
Indian specimens form part of the highly valuable collection presented 
