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Crocodile, from the lias at Whilby,^ which has been for 

 some time in the hands of Mr. Conybeare, who has cleared 

 away the matrix, and developed the bones. A similar 

 improvement has been bestowed on a portion of the lower 

 jaw of the same animal from the coralline oolite of Malton,* 

 by another eminent Member of the Society, ' whose masterly 

 chisel sometimes leaves the works of Art, to lend its aid to 

 Science. 



The Yorkshire -collection has also been enriched by an 

 extensive suite of fossils, * containing some new crustaceous 

 kinds, from the grey shale near the base of Scarbro' Cliff, 

 which Mr. Smith has identified with the Oxford Clay ; and 

 a series has been placed in the Museum, * illustrative of the 

 course of the strata from the Humber to Northallerton, and 

 including characteristic specimens from the Kimmeridge 

 clay, the Kelloways rock, the inferior oolite, and the lias. 

 But the most valuable geological present which the Society 

 has received, is a map of the north-eastern part of York- 

 shire, in which Mr. Smith has laid down with accuracy his 

 recent discoveries. He has, at the same time, announced his 

 expectation of completing, in a short time, his description of 

 the whole county, on the excellent sheets lately published by 

 Mr. Cary ; and proposes to accompany his map with a work 

 comprising a detail of the numerous observations on which 



' Presented by Mr. Bird. « Presented by Mr. Pickering. 



F. Chantrey, Esq. F.R.S. & R.A. ♦ Presented by Mr. Dunn and Mr. Bean. 

 * By the President and Mr. Phillips. 



