PREVIOUS LITERATURE RELATING TO THE FAYUM.
- Andrews C. W.—Extinct Vertebrates from Egypt. Parts I, II, Geol. Mag. N.S. Dec. IV. Vol. VIII, Sept. and Oct, 1901.
- Notes on an Expedition to the Fayûm, Egypt, with description of some new Mammals, Geol. Mag. N.S. Dec. IV. Vol. X. Aug. 1903.
- Further Notes on the Mammals of the Eocene of Egypt, (Pts I, II, III), Geol. Mag. N.S. Dec. V. Vol. I. March, April, May, 1904.
- A note on the occurrence of a Ratite Bird in the Upper Eocene beds of the Fayûm, Egypt. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1904, Vol. I.
- Andrews, C. W. and Beadnell, H. J. L.—A preliminary note on Some New Mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt, Survey Dept., P.W.M., Cairo, 1902.
- A preliminary Notice of a Land Tortoise from the Upper Eocene of the Fayûm, Egypt. Survey Dept., P.W.M., Cairo, 1903.
- Beadnell, H. J. L.—Découvertes Géologiques Récentes dans la Vallée du Nil et le Désert Libyen, VIII. Congr. Géol. Intern. 1900. Paris, 1901.
- The Fayûm Depression; a Preliminary Notice of the Geology of a district in Egypt containing a new Palaeogene Vertebrate Fauna. Geol. Mag. Dec. IV. Vol. VIII No. 450, Dec. 1901.
- A preliminary note on Arsinoitherium Zitteli, Beadn., Survey Dept., P.W.M., Cairo, 1902.
- Neolithic Flint Implements from the Northern Desert of the Fayûm, Egypt. Geol. Mag. Dec. IV. Vol. X. Febr. 1903.
- Blanckenhorn, M.—Geologie Ægyptens (Pts I-IV) Zeitsch. Deutsch. Geol. Gesell. Berlin, 1901.
- Neue geologisch-stratigraphische Beobachtungen in Ægypten, S.-Ber. d. math.-phys. Classe d. Kgl. bayer. Ac. d. Wiss. Bd. XXXII, 1902, Heft III, München, 1902.
- Die Geschichte des Nil-Stroms in der Tertiär- und Quartär periode, sowie des Palaeolithischen Menschen in Ægypten. Z. d. Ges. f. Erdk. Z. Berlin, 1902.
- Nachträge zur Kenntniss des Palaeogens in Ægypten, Centralb. f. Mineral. No. 9. 1903.
- Brown, Sir Hanbury.—The Fayûm and Lake Mœris, London, 1892.
- Cossmann, M.—Additions a la Faune Nummulitique d’Egypte, Cairo, 1901.
- Dames, W.—Uber eine Tertiäre Wirbelthier Fauna von der westlichen Insel des Birket-el-Qurûn in Fayûm (Ægypten). Sitzungsber. Akad. Wissensch., Berlin, 1883.
- Dames, W. and Kayser.—Uber Zeuglodonten aus Ægypten und die Beziehungen der Archæoceten zu den übrigen Cetacean. Palaeont. Abhand. I. V. 5, Jena, 1894.
- Editor Geological Magazine.—A New Egyptian Mammal (Arsinoitherium) from the Fayûm. Geol. Mag. N.S., Dec. IV, Vol. X, Dec. 1903.
- Elliot Smith, G.—The Brain of the Archaeoceti, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vol. 71.
- Flinders Petrie.—Hawara, Biahmu and Arsinœ, Egypt. Explor. Fund Reports, 1889.
- Garstin, Sir William.—Report upon the Basin of the Upper Nile, Cairo, 1904.
- Grenfell and Hunt.—The disposition of the Lake Mœris, Archaeol. Rep. Egypt. Exploration Fund. 1898-99. Pt. I. D.
- Liernur, Western and Scott Moncrieff, Sir Colin.—Notes on the Wadi Rayan, Cairo, 1888.
- Linant de Bellefonds.—Mémoires sur les travaux publics en Egypte, Paris, 1873.
- Mémoires sur les principaux travaux d’utilité publique exécutés en Egypte depuis la plus haute antiquité jusqu’à nos jours, 1872-1873.
- Lucas, A.—A preliminary Investigation of the Soil and Water of the Fayûm Province, Survey Dept., P.W.M., Cairo, 1902.
- Martens. E. v.—Subfossile Süsswasser-Conchylien aus dem Fajum. Sitz. Ber. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1879.
- Mayer-Eymar,—L’oasis de Moëleh, Bull. de l’Inst. Egypt., April, 1892.
- Nouvelles Recherches sur le Ligurien et le Tongrien d’Egypte, Bull. de l’Instit. Egypt., April, 1894.
- Die Versteinerungen der tertiären Schichten von der westlichen Insel im Birket-el-Qurûn See, Paleontogr. N.F.X., 3, (XXX).
- Oppenheim, P.—Zur Kenntnis alttertiärer Faunen in Aegypten, (I). Palaeontographica, Dreif. Band. III, Public Works Ministry reports, 1889-1904. Abt. Erst. Lief. Stuttgart, 1903.
- Reinach, v.—Schildkrötenreste aus dem ägyptischen Tertiär. Sonderabd. aus d. Abhand. d. Senckenb. natur. Gesellsch. XXIX, I. Frankfurt, 1903.
- Schweinfurth, G.—Reise in das Depressionsgebiet im Umkreise des Fajûm, Zeitschr. Ges. F. Erdkunde, Berlin, 1886.
- A note on the Salt in the Wadi Rayan, Appendix II, Egyptian Irrigation (Willcocks), London, 1899.
- Scott Moncrieff, Sir Colin—Note on the Wadi Raian Project, Cairo, 1889.
- Stromer, E.—Zeuglodonten-Reste aus dem oberen Mitteleocän des Fayûm, Bayer. Akad. Wissensch., Bd. XXXII, 1902.
- Einiges über Bau und Stellung der Zeuglodonten, Zeitschr. d. Deutsch. Geolog. Gesellsch. 1903. See also Beiträge zur Paläont. u. Geol. Osterr.-Ungarins u. des Orients. Band XV. Heft II and III.
- Afrika als Entstehungszentrum für Säugetiere, Zeitschr. d. Deutsch. Geolog. Gesellsch. 1903.
- Whitehouse, Cope.—Bull. of the American Geographical Society, 1882.
- Willcocks, Sir William.—Perennial Irrigation and Flood Protection in Egypt, P.W.M. Report, Cairo, 1894.
- Egyptian Irrigation, 2nd Edit. London, 1899.
- The Assuan Reservoir and Lake Mœris, London, 1904.
- Zittel, K. v.—Geologie u. Palaeontologie der Libyschen Wüste, Cassel, 1883.
APPENDIX II.
Paul Oppenheim has recently published[100] a description of a large collection of Egyptian lamellibranchs; the following is a list of the species of which examples have been collected in the Fayûm (including Rayan and Moêla). Figured species are marked by an asterisk.
| * | Gryphaea pharaonum, Oppenh | Lower Mokattam. |
| * | Ostrea (Gryphaea) Whitehousei, May.-Eym. | „ |
| * | O. „ Edmondstonei, May-Eym. | „ |
| * | O. „ histris, May.-Eym. | „ |
| * | Gryphaea (?) arabica, May.-Eym. | „ |
| * | O. elegans, Desh. | Upper (and intermediate) Mokattam. |
| * | O. Fraasi, May.-Eym. | Lower and Upper Mokattam. |
| * | O. Stanleyi, May.-Eym. | „ „ |
| * | O. Cailliaudi, May.-Eym. | Upper Mokattam. |
| * | O. ramosa, May.-Eym. | Lower Mokattam. |
| * | O. plicata, Sol. | Mokattam Series. |
| O. paucicostata, Oppenh. | Lower Mokattam. | |
| O. Reili, Fraas. | Lower and Upper Mokattam. | |
| O. Schweinfurthi, May.-Eym. | Upper Mokattam. | |
| O. Sickenbergeri, May.-Eym. | „ | |
| * | O. Hessi, May.-Eym. | Lower and Upper Mokattam. |
| * | O. qeruniana, May.-Eym. | Mokattam Series. |
| O. gigantica, Sol. | Upper (and intermediate) Mokattam. | |
| * | O. (Alectryonia) Clot-Beyi, Bell. | Lower and Upper Mokattam. |
| * | O. ( „ ) Bellardi, May.-Eym. | Lower Mokattam. |
| O. ( „ ) semipectinata, Schafh. | „ | |
| * | O. ( „ ) Mehemeti, May.-Eym. | „ |
| Carolia placunoides, Cantraine | Lower and Upper Mokattam. | |
| * | Pecten moëlehensis, May.-Eym. | Lower Mokattam. |
| * | P. Cailliaudi, Oppenh. | Lower and Upper Mokattam. |
| Plicatula pyramidarum, Fraas | Upper Mokattam. | |
| P. Bellardi, May.-Eym. | Mokattam Series. | |
| P. indigena, May.-Eym. | „ | |
| * | P. Schweinfurthi, Oppenh. | Lower Mokattam. |
| * | Spondylus ægyptiacus, Newton | Mokattam Series. |
| * | S. Rouaulti, d’Arch. | Lower and Upper Mokattam. |
| * | S. perhorridus, Oppenh. | Lower Mokattam. |
| * | Vulsella crispata, Fischer | Lower and Upper Mokattam. |
| * | V. lignaria, Oppenh. | Lower Mokattam. |
| * | V. moëlehensis, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | V. chamiformis, May.-Eym. | „ |
| * | Nucula Mœridis, Oppenh. | Upper Mokattam. |
| * | Cucullaea dimehensis, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | Arca subplanicostata, Oppenh. | Upper Mokattam. |
| * | A. Tethyis, Oppenh. | Mokattam Series. |
| * | A. uniformis, Oppenh. | Upper Mokattam. |
| * | A. tenuifilosa, Cossm. | Mokattam Series. |
| * | Pectunculus juxtadentatus, Cossm. | Upper Mokattam. |
| * | P. aegyptiacus, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | Cardita Viquesneli, d’Arch. | Lower and Upper Mokattam. |
| C. acuticostata, Lk. | „ „ | |
| * | C. mokattamensis, Oppenh. | Upper Mokattam. |
| * | C. fayumensis, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | C. fidelis, May.-Eym. | „ |
| * | C. Mosis, Oppenh. | Mokattam Series. |
| * | Crassatella fajumensis, Oppenh. | Upper Mokattam. |
| C. Junkeri, May.-Eym. | „ | |
| C. puellula, May.-Eym. | „ | |
| * | C. trigonata, Lk. | Mokattam Series. |
| * | Lucina pharaonis, Bell. | Lower and Upper Mokattam. |
| * | L. Rai, Oppenh. | Mokattam Series. |
| * | L. polythele, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | L. calliste, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | L. gibbosula, Lk. | Upper Mokattam. |
| * | L. fajumensis, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | L. sinuosa, Bell. | „ |
| * | Diplodonta cycloidea, Bell. | Mokattam Series. |
| * | D. inflata, Bell. | „ |
| * | Lucina (Diplodonta) corpusculum, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | Cardium desertorum, Oppenh. | Upper Mokattam. |
| * | C. Schweinfurthi, May.-Eym. | „ |
| * | Cyrena (Corbicula) Blanckenhorni, Oppenh. | „ |
| * | Cyprina aegyptiaca, Oppenh. | „ |