THE 



GEOLOGICAL RECORD 



EOR 1874. 



I 



STRATIGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY, 



I. BRITISH ISLES. 



Aitkin, J. On the occurrence of High level Drift in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Bacup. Trans. Geol. Soc. Manchester, vol. xiii. part v. 

 p. 133. 

 Describes the occurrence of pebbles and other drift on Holcombe 

 Hill, at Horncliffe and Brandwood Moors, at Bull Hill, at the summit 

 of Cribden (overlooking Rawtonstall), and at Dirpley Hill (1060 to 

 1370 feet). Two flints were found which had been chipped by man. 

 At Bull Hill Mr. Aitkin has since found flint-flakes (arrow-heads) at 

 the bottom of the peat. C. E. De R. 



. Remarks on the Bone Cave of Windy Knoll, near Castleton, 



recently described by Mr. Plant. Trans. Geol. Soc. Manchester, 



vol. xiii. part v. p. 151. 



States that the ossiferous fissure described was the same as that 



from which he saw a large number of bones thrown out five or six 



years ago. C. E. Be R. 



Anon. Note of Meeting at Burton Dasset and Kineton. Proe. War- 

 wickshire Nat. and Archa^ol. Field Club for 1873, p. 17. 



. Note of Excursion to Northampton. Ibid. pp. 18-20. 



. Note of Meeting at Eatington. Ibid. pp. 21, 22, 



. [William Gray.] The Geology in the * Guide to Belfast 



and the Adjacent Counties,' by the Belfast Naturalists' Field Chib. 

 Pp. 20-77, plates 1-8, 30 (Sections, Fossils, &c.). 8vo. Belfast. 

 Gives a description of all the rocks of the counties of Antrim and 

 Down, from granite to peat, noting the chief sections and mineral pro- 

 ducts, with analyses of Magnesian Limestone, Lias, and Chalk. W. W. 



. <* Physical Features " and "Geology" in Murray's * Handbook 



for Travellers' in North Wales. Ed. 4, pp. v-xvi. 8vo. Lond. 

 1874. n 



