QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. EDITED BY THE ASSISTANT-SECRETARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curæ sit non tantum inventis hærere, atque iis uti, sed ad ulteriora VOLUME THE TWENTY-SECOND. 1866. PART THE FIRST. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. LONDON: LONGMAN, GREEN, READER, AND DYER. PARIS:-FRIED. KLINCKSIECK, 11 rue de LILLE; J. ROTHSCHILD, 14 RUE DE BUCI. SOLD ALSO AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE SOCIETY. MDCCCLXVI. OF THE OFFICERS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Elected February 16th, 1866. President. Warington W. Smyth, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents. Sir P. de M. G. Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. | Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., D.C.L., F.R.S. Prof. T. H. Huxley, F.R.S. & L.S. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. Prof. A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S. Secretaries. | John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. Foreign Secretary. R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, Esq., F.R.S. H. W. Bristow, Esq., F.R.S. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. Treasurer. Joseph Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S. COUNCIL. Sir P. de M. G. Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., D.C.L., F.R.S. Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., F.R.S. Assistant-Secretary, Librarian, and Curator. H. M. Jenkins, Esq. Clerk. Mr. P. G. Ritchie. Library and Museum Assistant. Mr. R. Tate. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I.-ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Page ADAMS, Dr. A. LEITH. On Fossil Chelonians from the Ossiferous 594 On the Discovery of Remains of Halitherium in the Miocene BAUERMAN, H., Esq. On the Copper-mines of the State of Michi- 595 gan 448 BRINE, Commander L. On the recent Volcanic Disturbances at Santorino. [Abstract.]....... 318 ... BRISTOW, H. W., Esq. On Supposed Remains of the Crag on the 553 CLARKE, The Rev. W. B. On the Occurrence and Geological Posi- DAWSON, Dr. J. W. On the Conditions of the Deposition of Coal, more especially as illustrated by the Coal-formation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. (With 9 Plates.)...... On supposed Burrows of Worms in the Laurentian Rocks DAWSON, R., Esq. On the Occurrence of dead Littoral Shells in the Bed of the German Ocean, forty miles from the Coast of Aber- DUNCAN, Dr. P. MARTIN. On some Spaces formerly occupied by Se- lenite, in the Lower Eocene Clays of the London Basin; with Remarks on the Origin and Disappearance of the Mineral EGERTON, Sir P. de M. G. On a New Species of Acanthodes from FISHER, The Rev. O. On the Relation of the Norwich or Fluvio- 468 On the Warp (of Mr. Trimmer)-its Age and probable GODWIN-AUSTEN, Capt. H. On the Carboniferous Rocks of the Valley of Kashmere; with Notes on the Brachiopoda, by T. DAVIDSON, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. (With 2 Plates.).. GGDWIN-AUSTEN, R. A. C., Esq. On the Submerged Forest-beds On the Kainozoic Formations of Belgium. GUPPY, R. J. L., Esq. On the Tertiary Mollusca from Jamaica. 318 On the Relations of the Tertiary Formations of the West Indies; with a Note on a New Species of Ranina HARKNESS, Prof. R. On the Metamorphic and Fossiliferous Rocks 570 ....... 402 HOLLAND, The Rev. F. W. On the Geology of Sinai. [Abstract.] 491 JAMIESON, T. F., Esq. On the Glacial Phenomena of Caithness.... 201 JUKES, J. B., Esq. On the Carboniferous Slate (or Devonian Rocks) and the Old Red Sandstone of South Ireland and North Devon 320 KEENE, W. Esq. On the Brown Cannel, or Petroleum, Coal-seams at Colley Creek, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales........ 435 KING, Prof. W., and Prof. T. H. ROWNEY. On the so-called Eozoonal ..... 185 LLOYD, St. V., Esq. On the Recent Volcanic Disturbances at San- 318 LOCKE-TRAVERS, W. T., Esq. On the Formation of Lake-basins in 254 NEALE, Lieut.-Col. E. St. J. On the Discovery of New Gold-depo- 593 PLANT, J., Esq. On the Discovery of Primordial Fossils in the SALTER, J. W., Esq. On Faults in the Drift-gravel at Hitchin, Herts 565 SEELEY, H., Esq. On the Gravels and Drift of the Fenland. TAWNEY, E. B., Esq. On the Western Limit of the Rhætic Beds in South Wales, and on the Position of the Sutton Stone; with a Note on the Corals, by Dr. P. MARTIN DUNCAN, Sec. G.S. 69 TRYON, Commander G. On the recent Volcanic Disturbances at San- 318 TYLOR, A., Esq. On the Interval of Time which has passed between |