Having lately had the privilege of visiting several of the Continental Museums containing collections especially of Palæontological importance, some notes will perhaps be acceptable upon the present aspect of that branch of the science in which the writer is particularly interested. Such a broad survey imparts so many new ideas, and leaves so many pleasant memories of Naturalists in the midst of their work, that it is impossible adequately to incorporate the results in any brief notice; but a few points at least seem to be of general interest.