I902. Rkade;& Wright. — Marine Boulder Clay hi Co. Cork, 31 



No. 5. B0UI.DER CivAY, Sherkin IsIvAnd.— Weight of clay, 19-2 oz., 

 Troy. After washing, fine, 8 oz. ; coarse, i -5 oz. Foraminifera 

 rare (30 specimens). 



Foraminifera. 

 Textularia g-ramen, d'Orb.— Very rare. 

 Bullmina pupoides, d'Orb. — One specimen. 

 CassiduIIna laevig-ata, d'Orb. — One specimen. 

 C. crassa, d'Orb. — One specimen. 

 Uvlgrerlna angrulosa, Will. — One specimen. 

 Clobigrerina bulloides, d'Orb. — Frequent. 

 Truncatullna IobatuIa(W. & J.).— Rare. 

 Rotalia Beccaril (Linne). — Very rare. 

 Polystomella striato-punctata (F. & M.).— One specimen. 



No. 7. Grey Boui^der Ci.ay, Sherkin Isi^and.— Weight of clay, 21-2 

 oz., Troy. After washing, fine, 5-9 oz. ; coarse 7-2 oz. Foraminifera 

 rare (31 specimens). 



Foraminifera. 



Gaudrylnafiliformis, Berth. — One specimen. 



Bulimina pupoldes, d'Orb.— One specimen. 



Bollvlna difformis (Will.). — ^Very rare. 



Cassiduiina laevig^ata, d'Orb. — Rare. 



C. crassa » d'Orb. — Very rare. 



Lag'ena marginata (W. & B.). — One specimen. 

 Clobigerina bulloides, d'Orb.— Rare. 

 Discorbina obtusa (d'Orb.). — One specimen. 



D. griobularis (d'OrbJ. — One specimen. 

 D. sp.— Rare. 



Truncatulina lobatula (W. & J.).— Rare. 

 Nonlonina depressula (W. &J.). — Very rare. 

 Polystomella macella (F. & M.).— Rare. 

 P. striato-punctata (F. & M.). — One specimen. 

 Opercullna ammonoides (Gron.). — One specimen. 



All the forams from the preceeding Boulder Clays are of the 

 usual dwarfed characters, contrasting strongly with those from 

 the Raised Beach (No. 6), which are most abundant and well 

 grown. 



Mr. Wright says of this specimen (No. 6) of Post-glacial 

 Sand : — 



No. 6. Raised Beach overi^ying Boui^der Ci.ay, Sherkin Island.— 

 Weight of clay, 16 oz., Troy. After washing, fine, 5 oz. ; coarse, 67 oz. 

 Foraminifera and Ostracoda most abundant. 



Foraminifera. 

 Blloculina rlng^ens, var. elongrata, d'Orb. — Very rare. 

 B» depressa, d'Orb. — Rare- 



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