EXPLANATION OF PLATES 8. 9. 10.
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fragments of the rest of the skeleton, are artificially restored. (Hawkins.)
Plate 8. V. I. p. 135.
1. Skeleton of a young Ichthyosaurus communis, in the collection of the Geological Society of London, found in the Lias at Lyme Regis. (Scharf. Original.)
2. Ichthyosaurus intermedius, from Lyme Regis, belonging to Sir Astley Cooper. (Scharf. Original.)
Plate 9. V. I. p. 135.
1 and 2. Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris, from the Lias near Glastonbury, in the collection of the Rev. Dr. Williams, of Bleadon, near Bristol. The position of the ribs is distorted by pressure. (Scharf. Original.)
3. View of the right side of the head of the same animal. (Original.)
Plate 10. V. I. pp. 135, 137.
1. Head of Ichthyosaurus platyodon, in the British Museum, from the Lias at Lyme Regis, copied from Sir E. Home's figure in the Phil. Trans. 1814.
2. Copied from Mr. Conybeare's figure, (in the Geol. Trans. Lond. O. S. PI. XL. Fig. 11.) showing the analogies between the bones of the head of Ichthyosaurus, and those which Cuvier has marked by corresponding letters in his figure of the head of the Crocodile.
3. Two of the bony plates in the sclerotic coat of the Eye of Ichthyosaurus platyodon.
4. Circle of bony plates in the Eye of the snowy Owl. (Yarrel.)
5. Circle of similar plates in the Eye of the golden Eagle, (Yarrel.)
