XLVI.—Record of the discovery of an alligator with several new Mammalia in the freshwater strata at Hordwell

On some new fossil Mammalia from the Freshwater Strata.3 fe9 were supposed to consist in the basal portion of the lateral tailfeathers being white, while the T. pelagica is described by most authors as having the tail wholly black.I had however for some time suspected that the melitensis and pelagica were identical, having observed in my own specimen of pelagica that the lateral rectrices were in fact white towards the base, though this colour * It is Mr. Wood's intention shortly to publish a more detailed account of these fossils, accompanied by illustrations.