... discovered in India, South America, and in Europe even as far back as the eocene stage. The most striking case, however, is that of the Whale family;... ...re have occurred in Europe. Mr. Prestwich, in his admirable Memoirs on the eocene deposits of England and France, is able to draw a close general para... ...r Reptiles and Batrachians, the older Fish, the older Cephalopods, and the eocene Mammals, with the more recent members of the same classes, we must a... ...ife over other and preceding forms. If under a nearly similar climate, the eocene inhabit- ants of one quarter of the world were put into com- petitio... ...ition with the existing inhabitants of the same or some other quarter, the eocene fauna or flora would certainly be beaten and exterminated; as would ... ...uld certainly be beaten and exterminated; as would a secondary fauna by an eocene, and a palaeozoic fauna by a secondary fauna. I do not doubt that th... ...ees Poole, Col., on striped hemionus Prestwich, Mr., on English and French eocene for- mation Primrose; sterility of Primula, varieties of Proteolepas...