250 Geology. 



Middle Miocene bird-remains from La Grive-St.-Alban, were 

 purchased from Dr. Forsyth Major. A sacrum, humerus, and 

 radius of Harpagornis moorei from Oamaru, New Zealand, were 

 presented by Dr. H. O. Forbes. 



Remains of large Dinosauria from the Jurassic of South West 

 Madagascar, described by Mr. R. Lydekker (Quart. Journ. Geol. 

 Soc., vol. li., 1895), were purchased from Mr. E. Gerrard. 

 Dinosaurian bones from the Wealden of Sussex were purchased 

 through Mr. Charles Dawson. Skulls and other remains of 

 Pliosauria from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough were purchased 

 from Mr. Alfred N. Leeds. A small Cretaceous Dolichosaurian 

 from the Island of Lesina, Dalmatia, was purchased from Mr. B. 

 Stiirtz. 



Fish-remains from the Upper Silurian of Oesel, Baltic Sea, 

 collected by Mr. A. Simonson, were purchased from him and 

 from Dr. F. Krantz. Specimens of Palseospondylus gunni, 

 obtained by Mr. Donald Calder from the Old Red Sandstone of 

 Caithness, also plates of Homostem milleri from the same forma- 

 tion, were purchased from Mr. F. H. Butler. Plates of Astero- 

 lepis maxima from the Upper Old Red Sandstone of Nairn, were 

 presented by Dr. R. H. Traquair. The John Ward Collection 

 of Fishes and Amphibia from the Coal Measures of Staffordshire, 

 was acquired by purchase. 



Silurian and Devonian Invertebrata from Herault, France, 

 were purchased. Part of the Madeley Collection of Silurian 

 Invertebrata from Dudley, was obtained by exchange. Jurassic 

 Invertebrata from Gloucestershire and Dorsetshire were pur- 

 chased from Mr. S. S. Buckman. Some Tertiary limestones 

 from Borneo were presented by Mr. A. H. Everett. A specimen 

 of Triarthrux becJfi, showing appendages, from the Utica Slate, 

 New York, was presented by Prof. O. C. Marsh. Tertiary 

 Mollusca from Alabama were purchased from Mr. G. B. Sowerby; 

 Pliocene Mollusca from Monte Mario, near Rome, from Mr. A. 

 Martinetti; and English Crag Mollusca (collected by the late 

 Mr. Robert Bell), from Mr. R. F. Damon. Cretaceous Mollusca 

 from the Umtamvana River, Natal, were presented by the 

 Government of Natal ; Oligocene and Miocene Mollusca from 

 Bordeaux were presented by Messrs. G. F. Harris and H. W. 

 Burrows ; and Miocene Mollusca and Corals from Antigua, were 

 presented by Mr. A. J. Jukes-Browne. Crinoids from the Carboni- 

 ferous Limestone of Alveston, Bristol, were purchased from 

 Mr. T. Stock. Tertiary Polyzoa from New Zealand, labelled 



