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The Irish Naturalist. 



January, 



A sample of Boulder-clay from the north-western section was 

 submitted to Mr. Joseph Wright, f.g.s., who kindly examined 

 it for for Foraminifera, and reports as follows : — 



FORAMINIFKRA FROM BOUUXER Cl^AY, I y AMBAY. 



Weight of clay, 28 oz., troy ; after washing, — fine, 8*5 oz., 

 coarse, 4*6 oz. ; a few shell fragments. Foraminifera plentiful, 

 small in size. 



List of Species. 

 (c = common, f = frequent, r = rare, v = very. 1 = one.) 



IMiliolina seminulum (Linne), f. 



M. subrotunda (Montag.), r. 



Textularia conica, d'Orb., 1. 



T. globulosa. Ehr., r. 



Virgulina schreibersiana, Cz., 1. 



Bulimina pupoides, d'Orb., 1. 



B. marginata, d'Orb., 1. 



B. fusiformis, Will., r. 



B. elegantissima, d'Orb., r. 



Bolivina punctata, d'Orb , r. 



B. dilatata, Rss., 1. 



B. plicata, d'Orb., c. 



Cassidulina crassa, d'Orb., v.c. 



Lagena lineata (Will.), v. r. 



L. williamsoni < v Alcock), f. 



L,. reticulata (Macgill.), I. 



L. marginata, W. & B.), r. 



L,. lucida (Will.), r. 



Iv orbiguyana (Seg.), r. 



L. fimbriata, Br., 1. 



Cristellaria crepidula (F. & M.), 1. 



Uvigeriua angulosa, Will., r. 



Globigerina bulloides, d'Orb., v.c. 



G. cretacea, d'Orb., v.r. 



Orbulina universa, d'Orb., c. 



Patellina corrugata, Will., 1. 



Discorbina globularis (d'Orb), v.r. 



D. nitida (Will.), v.r. 



D. obtusa d'Orb.), f. 



D. sp., 1. 



Pnlvinulina karsteni (Rss.), r. 



P. nitidula, Chaster, 1. 



Rotalia beccarii (Linne), v.r. 



Nonionina depressula (W. & J.), v.c. 



N. asterizans (F. & M.), f. 



N. turgida (Will.), j. 



Polystomella arctica, P. & J., r. 



P. macella (F. & M.), 1. 



P. striato-punctata (F. & M.), c. 



Fig. 1. 



Ornamented gold baud, of late Bronze Age, found on L,ambay. 

 in the R.I.A. collection. 



Now 



