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of the Derbyshire Coal Measures and of their associated bands of iron- 

 stone, with a vertical section of the beds. W. W. 



Meyer, C. J. A. On the Cretaceous Rocks of Beer Head and the 

 adjacent Cliff- Sections, and on the Relative Horizons therein of 

 the Warminster and Blackdown Fossiliferous Deposits. Quart, 

 Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxx. pp. 369-393 (section). 

 The author describes in detail the section at Beer Head, noting the 

 mineral character and fossil contents of each bed. The lowest bed rests 

 on New Red Marl ; it is about 3 feet thick, of greenish sandy clay, 

 containing near the base fragments of the underlying rock. Its pre- 

 vailing fossil is a small variety of Exogyra conica. The age of this is 

 doubtful ; but above it there is sandy Gault, the lower part of which 

 (together with the bottom bed just mentioned) the author regards as 

 representing the Blackdown Beds. The true Upper Greensand is 

 nearly 90 feet thick ; the Chert Beds are near the middle. Above this 

 is the Chloritic Marl, which the author regards as representing the 

 Warminster Beds. The Chalk Marl rests on an uneven surface of 

 Chloritic Marl. Above this come the Beer Stone, Lower Chalk (con- 

 taining flints in its middle and upper portions). Middle Chalk (partly 

 without flints) ; lastly there is White Chalk with numerous flints, 

 which may possibly represent the Upper Chalk. The author suggests 

 that the term "Upper Greensand" should be applied only to beds 

 between the Gault and the Chloritic Marl, and that the Chloritic Marl 

 should be considered a distinct deposit. W. T. 



Neilson, James, Jun. On some Sections of Carboniferous Limestone 



near Busby. Trans. Geol. Soc. Glasgow, vol. iv. part iii. pp. 282- 



290. 



These sections, situated about 7 miles S. of Glasgow, consist of thin 



alternating beds of limestone, shale, ironstone, and volcanic ash. 



From a comparison of the fossils found (of which a full list is given, 



with no new species) the author says there can be no doubt as to the 



equivalency of the beds described to the Hosie limestone series on the 



South Hill of Campsie. G. A. L. 



Nicholas, Dr. Thomas. The History and Antiquities of Glamorgan- 

 shire and its Families. Section ii. Geology and Mineralogy, pp. 

 21-24. Large 8vo. London. 



Painter, Rev. W. H. Holiday Rambles. — No. I. A visit to Castle- 

 ton. Science Gossip, no. 117, pp. 195-197. 

 Notices the caverns of the peak, and gives five woodcuts of carboni- 

 ferous fossils. W. W. 



Pankhtjrst, [E. a.]. On the Geology of Derbyshire. 21st Ann. 



Rep. Brighton Nat. Hist. Soc. pp. 99-104. 

 Notices the weathered rocks, the tufa, the toad-stone, and the veins. 



Payne, W. On the Coalfield of Brora, Sutherlandshire. Trans. Edin. 

 Geol. Soc. vol. ii. part iii. pp. 368-371 (abstract). 



