24 Mr. Yarrell's Account of 



The distance from this coal to the flagstone which it overlays 

 is about 220 yards ; between them are the coals worked at Low 

 Moor, near Bradford, which are accompanied by a great variety 

 of spendid specimens of Lepidodendra, of which the Leeds' Philo- 

 sophical Society possesses many fine specimens. 



The respective distance of these coals above the flagstone, are, 

 from the flagstone to the Low Moor lower Seam 100 yards, above 

 which the next coal is the Low Moor upper Seam (there called 

 the Black Bed) 40 yards, which is succeeded by the Beeston 

 Seam, at 80 yards ; above the Beeston Seam, the next workable 

 coal is the Middleton Lower Seam, at 90 yards. 



The fossils contained in the strata of the Beeston Seam are not 

 much known, since from the thickness of the coal the shale is not 

 worked. E. J. Geouge. 



Descriptiun of the Figure. Plate I. fig. 7. 



a. a. The enarael-like surface. 



b. b. The fractured edge, with some slight signs of a suture. 



c. c. Bony expansion as thin as card-paper. 



Art. VL Notice of the Occurrence of some rare British 

 Birds. Bj/ William Yarrell, Esq. 



[To the Conductors of the Zoological Journal.] 



Gentlemen, 



Should you consider the following account of the occurrence 

 of some rare British Birds sufficiently interesting to be worthy of 

 insertion in your valuable Journal, it is much at your service. 

 The circumstances stated have come within my own knowledge, 

 and many of the specimens referred to are in my possession. 



1823. January. A female of the Little Bustard (Otis tetrax) 

 was shot near Harwich. The stomach contained parts of leaves 

 of the white turnip, lungwort, dandelion and a few blades of 



