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is given. Amongst the former may be noticed the abundance of Peco- 

 pteris Serlii. K. E., Jun. 



G[riffith], C. Geological List. 3rd Rep. Winchester ColL Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. pp. 132-135. 



For the most part a reprint of the list printed in the 2nd Report 

 (1873). Names 23 sections, with the fossils found in each, and gives 

 a synopsis of local species (from the Chalk). W. W. 



Griffith, C. The Chalk Formation. Journ. Winchester Sci. Soc. 

 vol. i. pt. 4. pp. 246-258. 



A general account of the Chalk, its extent, denudation, and com- 

 position, the origin of its flints, its fossils, and the conditions of its 

 deposition. W. W. 



Groves, Thos. B. The Chesil Bank. Nature, vol. xi. p. 506. 



The abrupt termination of the bank at Portland is believed to 

 be due to its being exposed to the waves produced by the prevailing 

 S.W. wind, so that the progressive action from the W. and W.N.W. is 

 nullified. C. E. De E. 



Gunn, John. On the probability of finding Coal in the Eastern 

 Counties. Proc. Geol. Assoc, vol. iv. no. 1, pp. 35-44. [A fuller 

 version of the paper notiqed in the Geological Record for 1874, 

 p. 14.] 

 Argues that from the Chalk, which was originally deposited horizon- 

 tally, having been upraised about 1700 feet at Hunstanton, Palaeozoic 

 rocks are proportionately nearer to the surface, and notices the borings 

 at Kentish Town, Harwich, and Calais, which have touched such rocks 

 at great depths. The views of Mr. Godwin-Austen on the underground 

 extension of the Palaeozoic ridge are noticed ; and the author, agreeing 

 with them, advises trial borings in S. Essex and at Hunstanton, op- 

 posing the conclusions that in Norfolk and Suffolk no productive coal 

 could reasonably be looked for, and that those counties consisted of 

 barren Palaeozoic rocks during the coal period. The paper is a sum- 

 mary of the discussion on the subject, and is the same as that read to 

 the Norwich Geological Society in March 1874. W. W. 



Well-boring at Messrs. Hill's and Underwood's Distillery, 



and Discovery of Human Remains from the ancient Bed of the 

 River. (Nonuich Geol. Soc.) ; reprinted from the Norwich Mer- 

 cury, April 10. 

 The skull was found in a river-deposit at a depth of 40 feet, Chalk 

 being reached at 42 feet. 



Hall, Townshend M. Notes on the Anthracite Beds of North Devon. 

 Trans. Devon. Assoc, vol. vii. pp. 367-375. 



Contains, first, an account of Anthracite in general, with remarks 

 on its mode of occurrence in various districts ; secondly, the literature 

 of the North Devon beds ; and, lastly, observations on their present con- 

 dition, with notices of the chief localities where fossils are obtained, and 

 a list of 26 species of plants which have been determined. T. M. H. 



