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J. R. Dakyns, C. Fox-Straxgways, and A. G. Cameron. East Yorkshire. 

 The Geology of the Country between York and Hull. (Explanation of 

 (Quarter-Sheets, 93 S.E. , 94 S.YV., and part of 86.) [The rocks composing 

 this district include from the Bunter Sandstone to the Upper Chalk, the beds 

 between the Oxford and Kimeridge Clays, however, being absent ; there 

 are also thick superficial deposits of varied character, both east and west of 

 the Wolds ; an appendix gives particulars of many well-sections ; another 

 a bibliography of the district ; there is also an index]. Mem. Geol. Surv. 

 England and Wales, 54 pp., London, 1886. 



\Y. H. Dalton. Nottinghamshire. 



The Collingham or Scarle Boring [giving details of this boring, which reaches 

 a depth of 2,032 feet, touching the Coal Measure Shales]. Geol. Mag., 

 Jan. 1887 ; dec. iii. vol. iv. p. 48. 



J.W.Davis. West Yorkshire. 



On the Exploration of the Raygill Fissure in Lothersdale, Yorkshire 



[reporting the progress of the excavation since 1883]. Brit. Assoc. Rep. for 

 1886, pp. 469-470. 



W. Boyd Dawkixs and M. Stirrup. South Lancashire. 



Physiography and Geology [in Handbook of Manchester, prepared by the 

 local committee for the members of the British Association at the Manchester 

 Meeting, 1887, pp. 19-26; this is a short description of the physical features 

 of the district and of the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic rocks and the 

 Boulder-drift]. i2mo. , Manchester 1887. 



C. E. De Raxce. Cheshire. 



Twelfth Report of the Committee, consisting of . . . [20 names] 



. . . appointed for the purpose of investigating the Circulation of 



Underground Waters . . . [Details of boring through New Red 



Sandstone near Birkenhead]. Brit. Assoc. Rep. for 1886, p. 236. 



C. E. Df. Range. Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire. 

 The Collingham or Scarle Boring [in reply to Mr. Dalton ; the writer 



also states that an artesian boring at Gainsborough has penetrated the Keuper 

 Marls and reached the Sandstone at a depth of 725 ft.]. Geol. Mag., March 

 1887 ; dec. iii. vol. iv. p. 140. 



N. F. Dokree. East Yorkshire. 



Mammalian Remains [Rhinoceros and Elephant] at Kelsey Hill, Holderness. 

 Nat., Nov. 1885, p. 378. 



N. F. Dobree. Lincolnshire. 



Large Ammonite at Hessle [22 in. diam. by 65 circumf.]. Nat., Nov. 1885, 



P- 378. 



[Miss] J. Doxald. Yorksh., Westmorld., Cumberld., Northumberld. 



Notes upon some Carboniferous Species of Murchisonia in our Public 



Museums [describing and figuring a number of specimens from Bolland, 



Settle, Kendal, King Water, etc., including four new species named J/. 



pyramidata, zonata, sphicrulata, and temcissimd\. Ouart. Journ. Geol. 



Soc, vol. xliii. pp. 617-631 and plate xxiv. 



[Editor of Science Gossip}, ? Lane. 



The Meteorite at Little Lever [the so-called meteorite, reported in a 

 Manchester paper, is nothing but a fragment of ordinary mottled sandstone 

 shale]. Sci. Goss., March 1887, p. 70. 



D. Emhletox. Durham, Westmorld., North Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire. 

 A Catalogue of the Place-names in Teesdale [many of which are founded 



on the physical features of the district]. Nat. Hist. Trans, of North., Durh., 

 and Newc, vol. ix., part i (1887), pp. i-xviii and 1-223. 



March 1889. 



