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Ludense, Lituifes, wherein they difFered from each other being pointed out. The 

 family of the Nautili was next traced, beginning with the XanfUi of the Silurian, 

 proceeding to the CI>/menia of theDevouiau.andthe Goniiititc-iof the Carboniferous, 

 the differentia of each order beingr clearly shown. The family of the Ammon- 

 itidse was dwelt upon at some length, the posirion of the siphuncle in the species 

 being shown, and specimens exhibiting the foliaceous markings being produced. 

 A specimen of the operculum of the Ammonite, from the lithographic stone of 

 Solenhofen, was exhibited. Other genera, belonging to this family, were briefly 

 touched upon, viz., the Crioceras, Turrilites, Ancyloceras, Scaphites, Toxoceras, 

 Hamites, and Baculites. In treating of the Dibranchiata, the Geoteuthi-s of the 

 Oxford clay, with it? preserved ink bags, was mentioned ; also, the Omma- 

 st}-ephes. represented hj the recent Omm^iitrephes sagittatus of Newfoundland; 

 the Belemnites, with their three component parts ; the Behninitella, the 

 Btlemnoteuthis, the Sepia, represented by Sepia ofncinalis of our coasts, the 

 Belojitera, the Belemnosis, the Spindostra, the Argonaut, the use of whose arms 

 was fully explained, so exploding the pretty fable respecting them ; and the 

 Spu-ula laivis of New Zealand. This paper was illustrated by several choice 

 specimens as well as by drawings. 



DUDLEY AND MIDLAND GEOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC 

 SOCEETT AND FIELD CLUB.— The first Field Meeting of the season was 

 held on Monday, April -Idth, and included visits to the Netherton anticlinal. 

 Hales Owen Church and Abbey, and the Leasowes. There were present Mr. 

 Charles Cochrane (president) and about fifty other members, including many 

 ladies. Assembling at Dudley Station, carriages were taken to Netherton 

 Church, where the Kev. S. J. Marriot met the party. Walking down the hiU to 

 Brewen's Tunnel, over the canal, a fine section of the axis of the anticlinal was 

 observed, which was well described in a paper read by Mr. G. .Jones. Crossing 

 the canal, Messrs. H. Doulton and Co.'s clay openwork was visited. Here a vei-y 

 fine section of the Coal-measures is exposed, and some good specimens of Coal- 

 measure fossils were obtained. Ee-crossing the canal, a walk was taken tlu'ough 

 the Saltwells Woods to the Saltwells Inn, where luncheon was provided. After 

 examining the baths and mode of using the brine, the Rev. J. H. Thompson gave 

 a short address as to the origin of the salt spring. Entering the carriages again, 

 the way was taken to the outcrop of the Aymestry or Sedgley limestone at the 

 Hayes, where ilr. Cochrane gave a short description of the fossils he had 

 obtained there. Here also a very interesting, though now partially obscured, 

 section of the Coal-measures was seen in the cutting of the Hayes branch of the 

 Great Western Eailway. From here the drive was continued to Hales Owen 

 Church, where Archdeacon Hone met the party, and described the restorations 

 that had taken place. After visiting (by permission of Mr. Green) the remains 

 of the Abbey, a walk was taken (by permission of Mr. Gibbons) through the 

 grounds of the Leasowes, after which the party returned to Dudley. A conver- 

 sazione was held in the evening, at the Musetun, by the invitation of the Dudley 

 members, where a good selection of microscopes and other objects of interest 

 were displayed. — On Tuesday, May •21st, the second Field Meeting took place, 

 and was to Trysull, Pattingham, and the boulder district. 



EYESHAM FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB.— Meeting held Wednesday, 

 May 1st, at the Evesham Institute, Mr. J. S. Slater in the chair. The first 

 excursion of the club was fixed for Saturday, May 11th, to Eagley Park, and if 

 that was impracticable to Mickleton. The following dates of the first appear- 

 ance of some of the migratoi-y birds were reported, almost all by Mr. A. H. 

 Martin:— Aprilr2th. Chiff-chaff, Wryneck: 1.5th, Sand Martin, Swallow; 16th, 

 Nightingale ; 19th, WMtethroat, Cuckoo, Sedgewarbler ; 20th Sand-piper ; 21st 

 Goat-sucker, Swift; 2.5th, Nightjar: 30th, House Martin. Mr. Doeg produced 

 some Blue -Has fossils from a brickyard, which had been given htm by a 

 workman there for the Club. Also a specimen of Testacella taken with several 

 others in a piece of garden ground adjoining the town. 



NOTTINGHAM LITEEAEY and PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETT.— 

 NATUEAL SCIENCE SECTION.— May 8lh.— Miceoscopical Meetes-g.— A 

 paper was read by Mr. J. Eogers, F.E.M.S., on " Mounting objects for the 

 Microscope." May 22nd. — Annual Meeting. 



