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to the cliurch of Upliall, in Linlithgowshire, Ly Lord Buchan, 

 but only lived two years to fulfil his new duties. In addi- 

 tion to his " History/' Ure assisted Sir John Sinclair in the 

 preparation of the '' Statistical Account of Scotland." 



Of the " petrified productions of the sea," those only whicli 

 at present concern us are the shells. The excellence and 

 truthfulness to nature of the plates has rendered the identifi- 

 cation of the species depicted a possible and agreeable task — 

 one which has been carried out by Messrs James Armstrong 

 and John Young, F.G.S., with success. The list is inserted 

 in the work by Mr J. Gray previously referred to.* An 

 historical copy of the " History of Euthergien/' etc., is in the 

 library of the Department of Geology and Palaeontology, in 

 the Museum of Natural History. It is a presentation copy 

 from the Eev. J. Fleming to James Sowerby, accompanied 

 by a letter of gift, dated "Flisk," 26th December 1814. 

 There is also a memorandum by the recipient of the arrival 

 of the precious volume on the 23d February 1815. 



The forms which Messrs Armstrong and Young consider 

 specifically recognisable number about thirty, and are dis- 

 tributed as follows: Brachiopoda, 14 species; Bivalves, 5 

 species; Gasteropoda, 8 species; Cephalopoda, 4 species, in 

 addition to several others referred to in the body of the work. 

 In the face of the excellent list referred to, it is unnecessary 

 to recapitulate the species here. 



An interval of many years took place between the publica- 

 tion of lire's book and the appearance of the next work on 

 record, " The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain," by the 

 Messrs James and James de Carle Sowerby. 



The "Min. Con.," as it is familiarly called, was published f 

 in 113 parts between the years 1812 and 1846. The work 

 was commenced by James Sowerby, the founder of the family 

 of that name, in June 1812, and under his direction, up to 

 November 1822, sixty-six parts w^ere issued. After his 

 death it was conducted by James de C. Sowerby, from 

 January 1823 to January 1845, to the completion of the 

 113th part. The facts connected with the publication of 



* " Biograpliical Notice of the Rev. David Ure," etc., pp. •19-55. 

 + 7 vols, and Index, 8vo, London, 1812-1846. 



