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other tilings lie had washed out of the clay. All those show that the chalk 

 formation must have been in situ at no great distance from Caithness. lie also 

 alluded to the scarcity of the conmion litoral shells, and comparative abundance of 

 rare and deep-sea forms, as well as mentioned other things of interest connected 

 •with the state of preservation, &c., and concluded as follows : — " I might add much 

 more, but feel unwilling to trouble jow further beyond saying that, in taking leave 

 of the subject — it may be for ever — permit me again to mention the kindness of 

 Mr. J. Gwyn Jeifreys, who has again named the moUusca for me. Mr. II. B. 

 Brady, of Newcastle, has examined and named the Foramiuifera ; his brother, Mr. 

 G. S. Brady, of Scarborough, the Entomostraca. To Mr. Joshua Alder, of New- 

 castle, I am indebted also for much advice about the organisms. I am under deep 

 obligations to all these kind naturalists for prompt and ready attention, by which 

 I am able to lay before you lists that may he depended on. For myself I beo- to say 

 that I have not admitted a single specimen into the list but those I am satisfied 

 were taken out of the clay." 



MoUusca. — Nucula sulcata — Norway, yEgoan. 



Leda pygmsea — Spitzbergen, Skye. 



minuta — Ai'ctic Seas, South of England. 



Cardium exiguum — Norway, JEgenn. 



Venus casina — Norway, Canary Islands. 



ovata — Norway iEgean. 



gallina — Iceland and Noi-way, Sicily. 



Cyrtodaria siliqua — ^Irctic Seas. Mr. Jeffreys says — "This shell is especially 

 interesting. Dr. Eink foimd it fossil in Greenland." 



Solecurtus candidus — Shetland, Canary Islands. 



Chiton cinereus — Greenland, ^Egean. 



Trochus Grcenlandicus — Polar Seas, Skj'e. 



Vahli — Arctic Seas. 



Littorina obtusata — Iceland and Norway, A'igo. 



Rissoa parva, var., interrupta — Norway, Canary Islands. 



Odostomia albella — Norway, Sardinia. 



acicula — Norway, .dEgean. 



Natica Alderi, var — Norway, Sicily. 



Trophou truncatus — Norway, Yarmouth. 



Mangelia Lefroyi — Sweden, ^gean. 



pyramidalls — Arctic Seas. 



Tornatella fasciata — Norway, ^gean. 



Crustacea. — ^A fragment of carapace. 



Ento7nostraca. — Cythere concinna ; Cythereis Dunedinensis ; Cytheridea papil- 

 losa ; Cytheridea punctillata. 



Annelida. — Spirorbis granulatus : Sandy tube of probably a Pectinaria. 



Pohjzoa. — Salicornaria ; Hippothoa divaricata; Lepralia Peachii, var. labiosa; 

 Cellepora pumicosa ; Crisia denticulata. 



Foraminifera. — Biloculina ringens ; Quinqeloculina subtrotundata ; Quinqe- 

 loculina triangularis ; Trochammina incerta ; Dentalina communis ; Yaginulina le- 

 gumen ; Vaginicula linearis ; Nodosaria raphanus ; Polymorphina lactea ; Poly- 

 morphina compressa ; Globigerina bulloides ; Cassiduliua laevigata ; Truncatulina 

 lobulata; Protalia soldarii; Polystomella arctica ; Nonionina.asterizans; Nonionina 

 depressula. 



Pearl of Mytilus edulis. 

 Fish-hone, piece of. 



Summary. — MoUusca, 21 ; Crustacea, 1 ; Entomostraca, 4 ; Annelida, 2 ; Poly- 

 zoa, 5 ; Foraminifera, 17 ; Pearl, 1 ; Fish-bone, 1— total of new list, 52 ; first list, 

 42 ; second list, 41 — making altogether, 135. Of the shells, some are British, a 

 few Arctic only ; all are Scandinavian and Arctic. 



*»* No correction for variation has been made for the compass-bearings in the - 

 former papers. • " - ^ ■ ' ■ ' ■■ ■ 



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