. Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author . s ofHiadostan, we possess humeri and femora of this tribe (withcorresponding fragments of the bucklers) as large as the equi-valent bones of the Indian Ehinoceros. As the Pterodactylemore than realized the most extravagant idea of the WingedDragon, so does this huge Tortoise come up to the lofty con-ceptions of Hindoo mythology ; and could we but recall themonsters to life, it were not difficult to imagine an Elephantsupported on its back. SuHAEUNPOOE: Nov. 24, 1S36. Asiat. Res., Art XI. FeHs crlsta
. Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author . s ofHiadostan, we possess humeri and femora of this tribe (withcorresponding fragments of the bucklers) as large as the equi-valent bones of the Indian Ehinoceros. As the Pterodactylemore than realized the most extravagant idea of the WingedDragon, so does this huge Tortoise come up to the lofty con-ceptions of Hindoo mythology ; and could we but recall themonsters to life, it were not difficult to imagine an Elephantsupported on its back. SuHAEUNPOOE: Nov. 24, 1S36. Asiat. Res., Art XI. FeHs crlstata(Nob.). Smaller than the Tiger. (Seejjostea, p. 315.—Ed.) - Ibid. Art. XII. Ursiis Sivalensis(Nob). Size of the U. spelcsus. (Seepostea, p. 321.—Ed.) ^ Messrs. Baker and Durand, Society, vol. v. p. 581. Fig. ?» C. Leptorhi/nchus orassidens (Noh.),an immense species far exceeding exist-ing ones, and forming a passage fromthe Gavials into the true Crocodiles. Ithas the cylindrical muzzle and synos-torized lower jaw of the former with theblunt thick teeth of the FROM A SKETCH IN PENCIL IN ONE OF DE. S NOTE-BOOIS BY THELATE PEOFESSOE EDWAED FOEBES. 298 FAUNA ANTIQUA SIVALENSIS. II.—SuB-HlMALATAN FoSSIL EeMAINS OF THE DaDOOPOOK Collection.^ BY LIEUTS. W. E. EAKER AND H. M. LyeU, wlien combating the inconclusive evidence advancedin support of the theory of the progressive development oforganic life, notices the absence of remains of quadrumanousspecies in a fossil state, and the hypothesis which this cir-cumstance has by some geologists been considered to counte-nance. He, however, draws attention to the fact, that theanimals which are found in sub-aqueous deposits are ingeneral such as frequent marshes, rivers, or the borders oflakes, and that such as live in trees are very rarely discovered;he adds, moreover, that considerable progress must be madein ascertaining the contemporary pachydermata, before it canbe anticipated
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