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Ft. in. 



1 . Black laminated clay, inclosing, near the top, a 



band of lias limestone with Ostreae 22 



2. Slaty calcareous sandstone, with a peculiar 



small species of Pecten 4 



3. Black laminated clay , 9 



4. Bone-bed, passing into white sandstone 3 



5. Black laminated clay 2 



6. Light green angular marl 23 



7. Red marls, with zones of a greenish colour . . 42 



Dip very slight to the south. T2 Z 



The bone-bed is far less rich in organic remains, accumulations of 

 fragments of bones and coprolites occurring at rare intervals ; and 

 its prevailing character is that of a fissile, white, micaceous sand- 

 stone, sometimes acquiring a flinty hardness. The upper surface of 

 the bed is ripple-marked, and in some cases presents impressions 

 considered by Mr. Strickland to have been probably made by the 

 claws of Crustacea. A small bivalve is also the only shell found in 

 the bed. The stratum No. 2, the author says, is evidently a con- 

 tinuation of No. 6. of the Coomb Hill section. 



3. Bushley, two miles and a half west of Tewkesbury. — The inter- 

 section of the lias escarpment by the Ledbury road near Bushley 

 afforded Mr. Strickland the following section : — 



Ft. in. 



1. Black laminated clay, about 10 



2. Lias limestone 4 



3. Black laminated clay 6 



4. Compact slaty bed with numerous small bi- 



valves, and the Pecten of Wainlode and 

 Coomb Hill 3 



5. Black laminated clay 9 



6. White micaceous sandstone, with impressions 



of two species of bivalve shells 1 



7. Black laminated clay 2 6 



8. Greenish marl, about 20 



9. Red marl — - 



Dip about 8° east. 4 q 



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The sandstone bed, No. 6, agreeing precisely with that at Wain- 

 lode Cliff, Mr. Strickland does not hesitate to consider it the repre- 

 sentative of the bone-bed, though organic remains are wanting ; and 

 he points out the identity of the stratum No. 4. with the beds Nos. 

 2. and 6. of the preceding sections. The author also refers to the 

 railway section near Droitwich, and identifies with the bone-bed the 

 two-feet band of white micaceous sandstone six feet above the top 

 of the green marl, as it contains the same indeterminable small 

 bivalve. He has also examined sections of the lias escarpment at 

 Norton near Kempsey, and Cracombe Hill near Evesham, and has 



