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Hull, E.

Additional Observations on the Drift-deposits and more

Recent Gravels in the neighbourhood of Manchester.

1865.

The Geology of the country around Altrincham, Cheshire. 1861. From the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Huxley, T. H., and R. Etheridge. A Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils in the Museum of Practical Geology; with an Explanatory Introduction by Prof. Huxley. 1865. From the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Jones, T. R. On the oldest known fossil, Eozoön Canadense, of the Laurentian Rocks of Canada; its place, structure, and significance. 1865.

and J. W. Kirkby. Notes on the Paleozoic Bivalved Entomostraca. No. V. Münster's species from the Carboniferous Limestone. 1865.

Karrer, F. Ueber das Auftreten der Foraminiferen in den Mergeln der marinen Uferbildungen (Leythakalk) des Wiener Beckens.

1864.

Lartét, E.

Sur une portion de Crâne fossile d'Ovibos musqué (0. moschatus, Blainville), trouvé par M. le Dr. E. Robert dans le diluvium de Précy (Oise). 1864.

Lartêt, L. Sur la formation du bassin de la mer Morte ou lac Asphaltite, et les changements survenus dans le niveau de ce lac. 1865.

Laube, G. C. Die Fauna der Schichten von St. Cassian. Abtheilung ii. Brachiopoden und Bivalven. 1865.

Ludwig, R. Geologische Specialkarte des Grossherzogthums Hessen und der angrenzenden Landesgebiete. 1864.

Mackie, S. J. A Survey of Geology. Part I. 1865.

Marès, P. Nivellement dans les provinces d'Alger et de Constantine. 1864.

Martins, C. Deux Ascensions Scientifiques au Mont-Blanc. 1865. Mueller, F. The Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. 3 vols. 1860-63. From the Public Library, Melbourne.

Murchison, R. I. Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London; delivered at the Anniversary Meeting on the 22nd May, 1865. 1865.

Neumayer, G. Results of the Meteorological Observations taken in the Colony of Victoria during the years 1859-62; and of the Nautical Observations collected and discussed at the Flagstaff Observatory, Melbourne, during the years 1858-62. 1864. From the Public Library, Melbourne.

Parker, W. K., T. R. Jones, and H. B. Brady. On the Nomenclature of the Foraminifera. Part xi. 1865. From Prof. T. R. Jones, F.G.S.

Parkes, W. Description of Lighthouses lately erected in the Red Sea. 1864.

Perrey, A. Documents sur les Tremblements de Terre et les phenomènes Volcaniques dans l'Archipel des Kouriles et au Kamtschatka. 1863.

Note sur les Tremblements de Terre en 1861, avec suppléments pour les années antérieures. 1863.

Note sur les Tremblements de Terre en 1862, avec suppléments pour les années antérieures.

1864.

Prado, C. de. Descripcion fisica y geológica de la Provincia de Madrid. With a Geological Map. 1864.

Purcell, M. A. Geological Table of the Fossiliferous Strata and their Characteristic Fossils. 1864.

Renevier, E. Notices Géologiques et Paléontologiques sur les Alpes Vaudoises. II. Massif de l'Oldenhorn. 1865.

Report. Minutes of Evidence taken before the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Condition of all Mines in Great Britain, with reference to the Health and Safety of persons employed in such mines. 1864. From Sir P. M. G. Egerton, Bart., F.G.S.

Epitome of Evidence taken before the Commissioners, &c. 1864. From Sir P. M. G. Egerton, Bart., F.G.S.

Appendix B. to Report of the Commissioners, &c. 1864. From Sir P. M. G. Egerton, Bart., F.G.S.

Report of the Registrar-General on the Progress and Statistics of Victoria, from 1851 to 1858. 1859. From the Public Library of Melbourne.

Reuss, A. E. Zur Fauna des deutschen Oberoligocäns. Abtheilung 1 & 2. 1864.

Rosse, Robinson, and J. Phillips. On the Physical Character of the Moon's surface as compared with that of the Earth. First Report of the Committee. 1853. From Prof. J. Phillips, F.G.S., &c. Salter, J. W., and H. F. Blanford. Palæontology of Niti in the Northern Himalaya: being descriptions and figures of the Paleozoic and Secondary Fossils collected by Colonel R. Strachey, R.E. 1865. From H. F. Blanford, Esq., F.G.S.

Spratt, T. A. B. Travels and Researches in Crete. 2 vols. 1865. Staring, W. C. H. Over de Putboring te Goes. 1865.

Stoliczka, F. Fossile Bryozoen aus dem tertiären Grünsandsteine der Orakei-Bay bei Auckland. 1864.

Stones, W. On Colonization, its Aspects and Results. 1865. From Prof. J. Tennant, F.G.S.

Winkler, T. C. Musée Teyler. Catalogue systématique de la collection paléontologique, Troisième livraison.

1865.

Wolf, H. Bericht über die geologische Aufnahme im Körösthale in Ungarn im Jahre 1860. 1863. From the Imperial Geological Institute of Vienna.

Bericht über die geologische Aufnahme im östlichen Böhmen. 1 Theil. 1864. From the Imperial Geological Institute of Vienna.

Wood, H. H. On the Theory of Development and the Antiquity of Man: letter to Professor J. Phillips, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 1865.

Wright, T. On the Early History of Leeds, in Yorkshire, and on some questions of prehistoric Archæology agitated at the present time. 1864. From the Philosophical and Literary Society of Leeds.

Wyman, J. Observations on the Development of Raia batis. From Sir C. Lyell, Bart., F.G.S.

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CONTENTS.

PART I-PROCEEDINGS.

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1. Dr. P. M. Duncan on the Echinodermata from the Strata on the South-eastern Coast of Arabia, and at Bagh on the Nerbudda, in the Collection of the Geological Society

2. Mr. G. Busk and the late Dr. H. Falconer on the Fossil Contents of the Genista Cave, Gibraltar

3. Lieut. C. Warren on the Caves of Gibraltar. (Abstract.)....

4. The late Dr. H. Falconer on the asserted Occurrence of Human Bones in the ancient Fluviatile Deposits of the Nile and Ganges; with comparative Remarks on the Alluvial Formation of the two Valleys

5. Rev. J. E. T. Woods on some Tertiary Deposits in the Colony of Victoria, Australia; with a Note on the Corals, by P. Martin Duncan, M.B., Sec.G.S. (Abridged.)...........

6. Mr. W. Whitaker on the Chalk of the Isle of Thanet

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7. Mr. W. Whitaker on the Chalk of Buckinghamshire, and on the Totternhoe Stone

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8. Mr. W. Whitaker on the Chalk of the Isle of Wight

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9. Dr. F. Stoliczka on the Character of the Cephalopodous Fauna of the South Indian Cretaceous Rocks

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10. Mr. W. Wallace on the Growth of Flos Ferri or Coralloidal Aragonite. (Abridged.)..

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11. Sir J. F. W. Herschel on some Rhomboidal Specimens of Ironstone, &c.; with a Note by Capt. T. L. Dames. (Abstract.)

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12. Mr. G. F. Matthew on the Azoic and Palæozoic Rocks of Southern New Brunswick. (Plate XII.)

13. Dr. F. Sandberger on the Results of Geological Observations in Baden and Franconia

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14. Dr. R. N. Rubidge on the Changes rendered necessary in the Geological Map of South Africa by recent Discoveries of Fossils 15. Mr. J. Prestwich on the Raised Beach of Sangatte with reference to the Date of the English Channel, and the Presence of Loess in the Cliff Section ...... 440 16. Dr. C. Le N. Foster and Mr. W. Topley on the Superficial Deposits of the Valley of the Medway, with Remarks on the Denudation of the Weald

17. M. E. Lartet on Ovibos moschatus, Blainville..

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18. Mr. J. W. Salter on some Additional Fossils from the Lingula-flags; with a Note on the Genus Anopolenus, by H. Hicks, Esq., M.R.C.S. 19. Mr. H. Woodward on some New Species of Crustacea belonging to the Order Eurypterida. (Plate XIII.)

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20. Mr. H. Woodward on the Discovery of a New Genus of Cirripedia in the Wenlock Limestone of Dudley. (Plate XIV.).

21. Mr. H. Woodward on a new Genus of Eurypterida from the Lower Ludlow Rock of Leintwardine, Shropshire. (Plate XIV.) 22. Capt. H. Godwin-Austen on the Carboniferous Rocks of the Valley of Kashmere; with Notes on the Carboniferous Brachiopoda by T. Davidson, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., and an Introduction and Résumé by R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. (Abstract.).........

23. Mr. W. B. Dawkins on the Mammalian Remains found by E. Wood, Esq., near Richmond, Yorkshire; with an Introductory Note on the Deposit in which they were found, by E. Wood, Esq., F.G.S., and G. E. Roberts, Esq., F.G.S. (Abstract.)

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Kurr on Plants from the Keuper Sandstone, in the Royal Museum of Stuttgart... 13
Waagen on a General Classification of the Upper Jurassic Strata ....
Gustav Tschermak on Chemico-Mineralogical Researches on the Felspars..
Andrian on the Trachytic Formations of Schemnitz........

[No. 85 will be published on the 1st of next February.]

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[The Editor of the Quarterly Journal is directed to make it known to the Publie, that the Authors alone are responsible for the facts and opinions contained in their respective Papers.]

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