By JOHN FRANCIS WALKER, M.A., F.G.S., &c. 



NOTE. The following paper is so important in connection with 

 the geology of this district that we have great pleasure in 

 presenting it to our readers in its entirety. It is from the pen 

 of our friend and former pupil, J. F. Walker, Esq., M.A., 

 F.Q-.S., &c., and is extracted from the Geological Magazine for 

 December, 1878. 



THE EDITOE. 

 Bradford Abbas, September 29, 1879. 



VALUABLE paper by T. Davidson, Esq., F.E.S., 

 appeared in the " Proceedings of the Dorset Natural 

 History and Antiquarian Field Club " for 1877, " On 

 the species of Brachiopoda that occur in the Inferior Oolite 

 of Bradford Abbas and its vicinity." Since then, during a recent 

 visit to this locality, I have added a few species to this list, 

 including two which have not been discovered in England before. 

 I propose to give a short account of the species, and also a table 

 showing the relative distribution of the Brachiopoda in the 

 Inferior Oolite and Fuller's Earth deposits at Cheltenham and 

 France, compared with this district. 



