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Bengal Journal Vol 7. p. 658 — Falconer on Sub. Him. fossils — Ruminants. & Tortoises gigantic — hyæna — bear & ruminants all of larger size. — the law of large size established — Australia, S. America — These strange forms., camels, giraffes. Sivatherium & Anoplotherium, with existing, or nearly existing forms of aquatic reptiles most strange, & shows as in shells some forms are long preserved. —

vol VI. p. 539. D^r Cantor's account of fossil frog, 40 inches in length — !

alludes to ancient gigantic salamanders —

Every order (except whales) have great prototype !!. —

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Vol II p. 502. Bengal Journal The Taylor Bird uses pieces of thread, picked up- instead of spinning — better case than English birds, using cotton &c instead of natural substances — useful perversion of instincts —

Beechey's Voyage Vol I. p. 499. 4to. Edit — Horses in Lao Choo so small, that person with long legs can hardly ride on them.

M^r Miller — in Zoological Gardens. informs me that a hybrid between ass & Zebra, crossed with pony mare & produced a very pretty little animal, showing something of Mule in its ears — ((this is good case as showing gradations,

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Gleanings of Science Vol III. p 320. M^r Hodgson on Musk Deer — young spotted like in "prettty much as we see in the young of the wild hog & of several species of deer, which are altogether immaculate when grown up".

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Saw at M^r Bell's at Hornsey the offspring of a black & white duck of pecu drake with the penguin duck. it took after the Penguin in the form of its body & in the manner of walking but not waddling; its colour was darker than the penguin & the bright feathers on its wing resembled the drake. — another of same half breed resembled the plumage of drake still more. — So Penguin impresses its form both on vars & species

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The male swan-gander with common goose produce full as many eggs as pure bred common. — the half of the cross, as above, take generally after the swan-gander. one of these half-bred ganders. crossed with common goose to has produce offspring with so much of the swan-goose in appearance

Bell at Hornsey

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(though only ¼ of blood). that it appears about half way between swan-goose & common goose. — the stripe down back pretty plain in in these half ¾ bred ones — The brothers & sisters half-breed showed no sexual inclination for each other —

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