. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. Fio. 40.—Remalna of head of odontopteryx, from the original [d tlie Britf&hMtiseum; &tde view ; natural size. a creature having its jaws armed with osseous denticulationsjand in this respect unlike Professor Marshs Ichthyomis,. Fio. 41.—Remains of head of Odonlopleryx, scon from that it was a warm-blooded, feathered, andwinged biped, web-footed, and a fish-eater. From Sheppey, 1 The writer cannot name this distingnished naturalist withoutacknowledging tke very many tokens of friendship r


. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. Fio. 40.—Remalna of head of odontopteryx, from the original [d tlie Britf&hMtiseum; &tde view ; natural size. a creature having its jaws armed with osseous denticulationsjand in this respect unlike Professor Marshs Ichthyomis,. Fio. 41.—Remains of head of Odonlopleryx, scon from that it was a warm-blooded, feathered, andwinged biped, web-footed, and a fish-eater. From Sheppey, 1 The writer cannot name this distingnished naturalist withoutacknowledging tke very many tokens of friendship received at hishands in connection with the present subject, while the summary offossil ornithology here given U in a great measure due to the arttclecited In the text a few lines further on. Further details are takenfrom his magnificent Rechtrcka Anatomigues el Pallontologtqaispomservir d Thistoire des Oiscaux Fossiles de la France, Pans, writer has also to express his thanks to Mr Seeley for valuabl/assistance in this portion of the article. ^- » 730 B i 11 D S [fossil


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