lied, and 

 ypt, the 

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throughj 



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incoming of the large foraminifera Nummulites and Operculina ; ii 

 both formations oysters and sea-urchins are dominant, brachiopodi 

 being almost entirely absent. 



C. — In this section the distribution, zonation, and variation of 

 the Eocene Series is considered, the main points bein< 



(6) The apparent uniformity of the fossiliferous Lower Eocene 

 strata wherever developed. 



(7) The lack of uniformity in the Middle Eocene strata, only the 

 lowest zone, that of Nummulites gizehensis, being of wide distribu- 

 tion. The nature of the Eocene beds between Baharia Oasis and 

 the depressions of Moela and the Fayum are described, zoned, and 

 compared with the Middle Eocene in other parts of Egypt 

 importance of the uppermost zone, the Gisortia Limestone, 

 emphasized. 



(8) The influence of the gain of land over sea is traced th 

 the Upper Moqattam Beds (with their increase in detrital materia 

 and disappearance oi Nummulites) and the Calcareous Grits overly in 

 them to the quartz-chert gravels forming the desert west of C 

 and the Fayum, which are usually considered to be Oligocene, an 

 mark the final stages in the growth of the Oligocene continent 



The Cretaceous Period in Egypt is, therefore, one marked by t' 

 gradual gain of sea over land ; during the Eocene, on the contrar 

 land appears to have been steadily gaining on the sea, probab 

 accompanied by gentle fold-movements which account for the minr 

 differences in the nature of the Eocene deposits. At the close 

 Eocene times and during the Oligocene Epoch, the approach o 

 a continental phase is clearly indicated, all the stages in the; 

 varied movements being illustrated in the desert regions. 



December 7th, 1910.— Prof. W. W. Watts, Sc.D., M.Sc, F.R.S. 

 President, in the Chair. 



Dr. A. S. WooBWAED communicated an account of recent excav^ 

 tions in the cavern of La Cotte, St. Brelade's Bay (Jersey), ma 

 during the present year by the Jersey Society of Antiquarii' 

 According to the report of Mr. E. T. Nicolle and Mr. J. Sini 

 shortly to be published by the Jersey Society, the cave has yield 

 evidence of human habitation and traces of Pleistocene Mammaliei 

 About a hundred flint implements of the Mousterian type have bet 

 obtained, besides part of a molar of lihinoceros antiquitatis, and hot 

 teeth and antlers of Rangifer tarandus. Human remains and teed 

 of Bos have also been examined and determined by Dr. C. W.Andre 

 and Dr. A. S. Woodward, to whom the whole of the collection 

 mammalian remains was referred. This being the first discover 

 of typical Pleistocene Mammalia in the Channel Islands, the Jerse 

 Society hopes to proceed with the excavations as soon as possible, 



