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Appendix A. 



NOTES on the FOKAMINIFEKA dredged by the 

 L.M.B.C. in LIVEKPOOL BAY during 1890. 



By F. G. Pearcey, Manchester. 



In June of this year Professor Herdman was good enough to leave with 

 nie to examine for Foraniinifera four samples of the residues from bottles 

 containing animals which had been collected from various localities in Liver- 

 pool Bay during the cruise of the " Hyrena " in May ; and since that I have 

 received through Mr. Standen a further sujjply of deposit dredged during the 

 "Spindrift" excursion on the 27tli of September in the same district. Mr. 

 G. W. Chaster also preserved some samples of deposits from the " Simidrift" 

 expedition, and picked out and identified the Foraminifera. He has, on 

 Professor Herdman's suggestion, submitted the rarer and more critical species 

 to me for confirmation, and his results are now included in my lists. 

 This last is the richest sample I have yet had an o})portunity of examining from 

 Liverpool Bay. It is not to be expected that with such a small supply 

 from so large an area, anything very remarkable would be made out ; 

 especially after the long continued researches on this particular group of 

 organisms in the same district by Mr. J. D. Siddall of Chester, Avhose 

 admirable report on the Foraminifera of Liverpool Bay was published in the 

 first volume of reports of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee in 1886. 

 In that rei)ort several representative deep-sea forms are recorded, and there- 

 fore I was anxious to have the o]»portunity of examining some of the deposits 

 from this district. 



In accordance with Professor Herdman's request I herewith append the 

 result of my investigation, which although small is sufticient to show that 

 there are a number of interesting forms to be found in the district marked out 

 for exploration by the L.M.B. Committee ; and I venture to point out to any 

 Rhizopodists resident in the locality, who may have time to spare, that, 

 from the nature of the deposits which have so far come under my observation, 

 they should search well for the following forms, which I believe may yet be 

 taken viz., Astrorhiza limicola, Felosina variabilis, Hyperanimina arhores- 

 cens and Hyperammina vaijans, more especially if carefully looked for along 

 the seaward boundary. Perhaps a word or two here on the method of 

 collecting may not be out of place. Whenever an opportunity occurs a good 

 quantity of the deposit should be carefully washed through sieves in a tub of 



