New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-03

ali these foot tracks which excited great curiosity among
The ar5isnce-
PTof Hitchcoc; said that formerly ne gave names
p. ,he tracks IN the red SANDSTONE s'ea o. NE All
mails that Gads them; because exec the . :.
-., lei OF those animals worth neHtonias- ou,
.ha suggestion ts III. Dana be lad MADE on; AsGes
non asf usenc.a;urs Of al the animals whose E!eks oAo
Been found in the REQ sandstone CT the Connec'c.
Tne.4 ANIMALS were chiefly birds Of very low order
-,,i-s.;o. He then read OF his list Of names gwen
70 these birds. The species were 80 ana re 80,
ve-e 20 BE tiled 20 Eske the NUMBER ''naeI, | -,
- -u- chasing together species that s-e more uiAs
- rs. re and in living animals he iat measured
he er ~ every possible with care TIE same as
-oorfs.. measure he head; and done al Il us FS
clsssfy them correctly r. ~, -
Amherst ho has found foss. foot marks IN ne" 80
non nsa- Amherst. BE began By saths lle - 80
with which the announcement OF .ne - 9:o,s-s nj
foo, marks w4s received. Since thea al toe tIeo!osS.
EncIaDt have given their sheston to me supec';
ser enormous birds (fossil have been disS2vtec ~ ~
aIlv;li deposit o. New Zesan1' any sem ~ pF Tii;eh
larger size than any found and CLAIMED oy fV1. -,
- Pacen,lr specimens of bird tracks have eeen ioa'
near Creenvile in Perm; also some Ike
ai--brea;hng; warm blocded animals, 'otG atu s
Ie 800 of ;he Isr-c hanGfooed t-be-like me nu'aH
hq1d-nob BY Dr. Owen proved 20 have belonged % a's
Pa.-aci.n animal one OF the frog tIbe-a frog As ie =
,II IN Flsphsnt-ons Of ahe re1: JiesrS q f' doy.
There are numerous tracks OF these frogs Wneie 'e! p
beut on the rocks. and these arc many bun'to0
-e. below the new red sandstone and they are oeo" 'c
co.r These convince me that whilst the earth was oelis
,sss into lis present state, after the era in wEIch
/; vas occupied entirely BY marine animals thea CANE W
.;hoid era alReptcers- then the n'erests series
CONNECTED with the coal beds then the enormous >au
-a,.Fs .h-nuch The great OF the Las and the
ootes up 10 the chalk passing through mai pecua ~.
nation we TO the period OF terrestrial aDiHas al "
the sra Of the present forests and that Of man pr Dean
that he has found 10 - specimens Of these I'VE
toed foot tracks with the bunch part Ike the oa oil c
hand and behind each track there Is an o0long IRREGULAR
ipresoa which iepres.ions are arranged IN me sane
stone opposite 10 each other as the tracks are making
appea- that the animals hind feet did not touch the ground
when he deep, but that he sat on ms haunche
and Tho nature Of the depression makes 10 seem that one
mar, ~ the hind leg evidently folded under the other
These marks were very curious and opened new fed o
enquiry NumSrsus bird tracks were also found along Win
the tracks OF luadrupeds, the pape oi LAC iH'es
! are perfectly preserved.
OF fossil birds found at New Zealand the thigh oone
| reaching from mans knee TO his shoulder
/ Prof Rogers then exhibited map o. the coal
beds and intermediate layers Of Pennsylvania where Dr.
King found fossil foot marks. He described the great
Pittsburgh Coal being Of coal 10 10 ~ eet
chick and occupying Of II COO square iles-twce
"a large observation-disclosures OF very pure coal Inc
basin or which the oo-racks were found oy ~,
Kin- stretches South 20 Alabama west 70 nio anu o,
70 lake Erie and occupies of $1,000 square miles
larger than all England and Scotland 1, Is $50 feet be-
low the OF Pittsburgh coa-theTe being eight sooa
working seams Pennsylvania Below that OF the
! Pttsbtiryh and only good working scan above II
Prof Roger. also said that all these foo; tracks found In
this except one said DR.. King 20 he In re-
lief: and they could not belong 10 any animal de
believed them To made by reptiles; II was the place TO
look for Earacln animals he did not expect 10 IND me
tracks # winged ir.brelthng animals and :hey proved
TO be So II would be indeed discovery In the history OF
the populn. of our globe that would possess the highest
interest,", The subject should be Inquired into at once
MI H1idcman stated that one OF the New-l orN
State Biologists had suggested that these apparent loot
tracks the carbonerous series might be marine plants
Prof Sliimdn said this idea was abandoned
soon after Il was first promulgated
| Prof Rogers said he was a trm believer IN the
existence OF birds "a laugh ut he wished 10 know some
thing about that NEST interesting ieathery era IN
which these bird tracks were said TO have bean made rus
belief was that nothing lost Time mas hwass oce'
writing its story and he should like to hear from
Prof Hitchcock his opinion as TO what had become OF the
birds themselves (Lauehter.)
Prof Hitchcock said that he had as yet arrived al
no satisfactory conclusion his mind and therefore
would hazard conjecture; he thought Prof Rogers rs
well able 10 guess Is himself
Prof Roesrs-If might hazard an opinion per
haps It would be that they had all flown away. (Much
Mr. EaldeDian said that these tracks were made
on margin of and when the birds died they were
washed and sank; and il We could get at The
bottom the OF that period we should had the or
sanic remains Of these very birds.
Prot Rogers said that he must confess that looked
plausible and indeed he had leaning little that way
himself Ca iugb) probably the birds had been carried
outside the Capes Increased laVgher) but whereabouts
outside Capes in those GAYS or how the birds ever
could such ong, puzzled him 10 imagine (Con-
timed aughier As this valley OF the Connecticut where
these tracks were made the shore Of al arm OF the
sea- birds they died, were carried by the ebo tide
probably away point right over where Long Is
land now Is before 1t upheaved and probably If we
could get fact should be able to ad all the bones
birds deep under the sands OF Old Long ISLANDS
sea girt shore. (ROars Of laughter)
Prof SNnian said that Prot Rogers need not
so very sceptcal this subject The bones would come by
Qauchier In the OF other animals the same
been tme until at last the bores
termed up. and sceptcism was satisfied And In TINS Case
indeed OF the bird bones had been found I'll blasting
guarry al Windsor time since twas true tey
were badly shattered by the sunPowder. but sl not so
much that II could be distinctly seen that that tey were
bones they we're hollow, not pretrifed and were very dts
;pc; they had vertebrae among hcm and he had asked
the opinion medical about them but he was sorry
TO say medical men very snorsntc Comparative
Anatomy he found medical man yet that could
tell head Of animal from another unless II WAS ire
human skull daughter Have patience Ill ~e tarn over
old rocks and well find some Of these bones by
wehave not yet quarred extensively as they nave
in England
Prof Hitchcock said that he believed the birds
that made he had discovered 10 have been very
large birds having bones scarcely any feathers
and that their more able 10 ioa ihan
the carcass OF the Hippopotamas. laushtefD ~,
Prof Rogers Then these birds came up TO Pa
tos denoitlon of man" biped without feathers Qn
creased laughter
one gentleman said ne would like 10 ask Prot.
Rogers if our knowledge the Ornithoogy OF the present
world depended upon our knowledge OF the dead ods OF
the present day. he should like TO know how much we
should know Of the llT;ng birds tLanghterJ Fot MS
par he did MT believe there gentleman present who
had ever species Of dead birds except in The mar
ke; the sable. lMore langhter)
Prof Rogers That must remove all Sctpucisin
on the subject beyond doubt.
Another gentleman said he should like 10 ask
Prof Hitchcock how - ne considered that his oiFd region
ext ende,, IN that old world wherein they lived -
Prof Hitchcock The gentleman knows as wei
as d. Jus, as far - ind their tracks tRene"ed
larshter) ,.
DR. Barrett said that bone of bird had been
discovered near his place petrircaton nor any
thing else but bona fds fns piece o: bone tRoaFs OF
laughter) "a -,
The President proposed tia; as il was nearly 10 o'clock
a. light they should all Nv home 20 roost. Continued
laughter ard The meeting adjourned
Prof. SAiaran said ne would be on the bridge 10
conduct airy 10 top OF the East Rock early in the
morning, and
Prof Olmstead said he would be IN that room TO
show the Prsi Spectrum 81 an early hour TO al VINO
would get up and come there 10 see H.
ANNIVERSARIES j; appears from the programme
that trenty-ons Benevolent Societies, all o. which
are successfully laborng their appropriate spheres
for the same great object-the elevation and hap
piness OF Man-will hold their Anniversaries dur
ing the coming week. 1t will be a week OF great
interest 10 the religious and philanthropic commu
/ al ren0rr he rrDPpsi-