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  Geological 
  Society. 
  

  

  incoming 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  foraminifera 
  Nummulites 
  and 
  Operculina 
  ; 
  in 
  

   both 
  formations 
  oysters 
  and 
  sea-urchins 
  are 
  dominant, 
  brachiopoda 
  

   being 
  almost 
  entirely 
  absent. 
  

  

  C. 
  — 
  In 
  this 
  section 
  the 
  distribution, 
  zonation, 
  and 
  variation 
  of 
  

   the 
  Eocene 
  Series 
  is 
  considered, 
  the 
  main 
  points 
  being 
  : 
  

  

  (6) 
  The 
  apparent 
  uniformity 
  of 
  the 
  fossiliferous 
  Lower 
  Eocene 
  

   strata 
  wherever 
  developed. 
  

  

  (7) 
  The 
  lack 
  of 
  uniformity 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  Eocene 
  strata, 
  only 
  the 
  

   lowest 
  zone, 
  that 
  of 
  Nummulites 
  gizehensis, 
  being 
  of 
  wide 
  distribu- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  Eocene 
  beds 
  between 
  Baharia 
  Oasis 
  and 
  

   the 
  depressions 
  of 
  Moela 
  and 
  the 
  Fayum 
  are 
  described, 
  zoned, 
  and 
  

   compared 
  with 
  the 
  Middle 
  Eocene 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Egypt, 
  the 
  

   importance 
  of 
  the 
  uppermost 
  zone, 
  the 
  Gisortia 
  Limestone, 
  being 
  

   emphasized. 
  

  

  (8) 
  The 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  gain 
  of 
  land 
  over 
  sea 
  is 
  traced 
  through 
  

   the 
  Upper 
  Moqattam 
  Beds 
  (with 
  their 
  increase 
  in 
  detrital 
  materials 
  

   and 
  disappearance 
  of 
  Nummulites) 
  and 
  the 
  Calcareous 
  Grits 
  overlying 
  

   them 
  to 
  the 
  quartz-chert 
  gravels 
  forming 
  the 
  desert 
  west 
  of 
  Cairo 
  

   and 
  the 
  Fayum, 
  which 
  are 
  usually 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  Oligocene, 
  and 
  

   mark 
  the 
  final 
  stages 
  in 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  Oligocene 
  continent. 
  

  

  The 
  Cretaceous 
  Period 
  in 
  Egypt 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  one 
  marked 
  by 
  the 
  

   gradual 
  gain 
  of 
  sea 
  over 
  land 
  ; 
  during 
  the 
  Eocone, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  

   land 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  steadily 
  gaining 
  on 
  the 
  sea, 
  probably 
  

   accompanied 
  by 
  gentle 
  fold-movements 
  which 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  minor 
  

   differences 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  Eocene 
  deposits. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   Eocene 
  times 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  Oligocene 
  Epoch, 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  

   a 
  continental 
  phase 
  is 
  clearly 
  indicated, 
  all 
  the 
  stages 
  in 
  these 
  

   varied 
  movements 
  being 
  illustrated 
  in 
  the 
  desert 
  regions. 
  

  

  December 
  7th, 
  1910.— 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Watts, 
  Sc.D., 
  M.Sc, 
  F.R.S., 
  

   President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Woodwakd 
  communicated 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  recent 
  excava- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  the 
  cavern 
  of 
  La 
  Cotte, 
  St. 
  Brelade's 
  Bay 
  (Jersey), 
  made 
  

   during 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  Jersey 
  Society 
  of 
  Antiquaries. 
  

   According 
  to 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  T. 
  Nicolle 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Sinel, 
  

   shortly 
  to 
  be 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Jersey 
  Society, 
  the 
  cave 
  has 
  yielded 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  human 
  habitation 
  and 
  traces 
  of 
  Pleistocene 
  Mammalia. 
  

   About 
  a 
  hundred 
  flint 
  implements 
  of 
  the 
  Mousterian 
  type 
  have 
  been 
  

   obtained, 
  besides 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  molar 
  of 
  Rhinoceros 
  antiquitatis, 
  and 
  both 
  

   teeth 
  and 
  antlers 
  of 
  Rangifer 
  tarandus. 
  Human 
  remains 
  and 
  teeth 
  

   of 
  Bos 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  examined 
  and 
  determined 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  W.Andrews 
  

   and 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Woodward, 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   mammalian 
  remains 
  was 
  referred. 
  This 
  being 
  the 
  first 
  discovery 
  

   of 
  typical 
  Pleistocene 
  Mammalia 
  in 
  the 
  Channel 
  Islands, 
  the 
  Jersey 
  

   Society 
  hopes 
  to 
  proceed 
  with 
  the 
  excavations 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  