200 MESSRS. E. HERON-ALLEN AND A. EARLAND ON THE 



No. 13. (Label) "Off Neist Point, Skye. Dredging, 50 fms. 8 Aug. 1913." 



Black coarse gravel, 2830 cc, with much yellow-brown worn shell-debris (very like 



an Eocene fossil clay washing). A small echinoderin (EcMnocyamus pusillus) very 



common. Sif tings through 1/10 sieve, 1350 cc. Eine material only 20 cc, 615 cc. 



of coarse and all the fine material floated. Floatings (poor), 22 cc. 87 spp. and vars. 



Noteworthy forms : Bulimina minutissima, Discorbiua chasteri var. bispinosa. 



No. 19. {Label) " Off Croulin Beg, Eoss. Dredging, 20-30 fms. 13 Aug. 1913." 



(a) Coarse shell-detritus and stones, 2j lbs. Shells and stones removed on 1/10 

 sieve, 1 lb. 7 J oz. Besidue after washing, 300 cc. Eloatings (very rich), 115 cc. 

 (95 °/ Bulimina;). 



(b) A small sample of mud and shell-detritus washed from Invertebrata preserved 

 in spirit. Same label and date. Besidue after washing, 1 cc. 



(c) Same as (b), 14-15 Aug. 1913, 5 cc. Besidue after washing, 4 cc. 

 141 spp. and vars. 



Noteworthy form : Bulimina ovata. 



No. 14. (Label) " Off mouth of Loch Ainneart, Skye. Dredging, 30 fms. 9 Aug. 

 1913." 



Dark grey sandy mud, 250 cc. with shells, whole and in fragments. Turritella, 

 Trochus, and various Lamellibranchs removed on 1/10 sieve, 50 cc. Besidue, 115 cc. 

 Eloatings (poor) and Elutriation (richer) mixed together, 7 cc. 136 spp. and vars. 



Noteworthy forms: Bsammosphwra bowmanni, Textularia fusijormis and concava 

 var. heterostoma, Lagena cymbula, Sphceroidina sp. nov., Nonionina orbicularis. 



No. 26. (Label) " General. Erom several localities round Skye. 30-50 fms. No 

 date." 



About 7-8 cc. of light grey sand-material, principally fragments of Polyzoa (Sertu- 

 laria etc.) with adherent Eoraminifera. Washings from Invertebrata preserved in 

 alcohol. 



Many fine adherent forms. 94 spp. and vars. 



Noteworthy forms: Blacopsihna vesiculates, Frond icularia tenera. 



No. 21. (Label) " Loch Hourn, Inverness. Dredging, 60 fms. 20 Aug. 1913." 



A solid block of hard grey sandy mud with molluscan fragments and whole shells, 

 3j lbs. Shell-debris removed on 1/10 sieve, 6i oz. Very fine and sticky material. 

 After soaking in hot soda and washing, dry residue, 365 cc. Eloatings (very rich), 

 S cc. (Buliminae, 98 7 -) Elutriation (very rich), 12 cc. 94 spp. and vars. 



No. 8. (Label) " Sandy Island, Canna. Shore-scraping. Low water. 24 July, 1913." 

 Eine grey-white sand with finely pounded molluscan debris. Eloatings, 9 cc. 

 (pure Eoraminifera). 66 spp. and vars. 

 Noteworthy form : Discorbina parisiensis. 



