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ON THR FAUNA AND FLORA OF THE TRIAS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 151 
Rhynchosaurian skull in the Manchester Museum mentioned in the 
last Report. 
Since their appointment in 1902 your Committee have endeavoured 
to promote and record original research in connection with the Triassic 
Fauna and Flora, and to report on the description of new material or 
material hitherto undescribed. Also they have had in view the desir- 
ability of rendering the reference to existing material more easy for 
workers; and consequently lists of the Triassic Fossils in most of our 
principal museums (Reports 1904, 1905, and 1908) and of Fossils found 
in certain localities (Reports 1907 and 1908) and a Bibliography (Reports 
1908 and 1909) have been included in the Reports. It is hoped these 
lists will be found of use. The names of the authors are a guarantee of 
the care with which the lists have been drawn up. There are still many 
other collections of which it is desirable to obtain a record. 
As regards research itself your Committee are glad to have been able 
to record the completion of the reconstruction of the skeleton of Rhyn- 
chosaurus articeps, with the aid of material in the Shrewsbury Museum 
submitted to the experts of the British Museum (Natural History) for 
development (see Report 1906). Reports have also been made on 
several other recently discovered less nearly complete vertebrate 
remains. (See Reports 1906, 1907, and 1909.) 
The paper by the late Secretary in the Report for 1905 dealing with 
Estheria, both recent and fossil, will aid in forming a correct idea not 
only of the surroundings of this Common Triassic invertebrate, but of 
the general conditions prevailing in Britain in Triassic times. 
The reports (see all years 1903 to 1909) on the footprints of verte- 
brates and supposed tracks of invertebrates, and the attempt to classify 
them, may prove useful when more of their remains have come to light. . 
The Trias of South Devon has so far been but slightly dealt with, 
but the description and figure of the Section E. and W. of Sidmouth by 
the late Mr. Hutchinson have been reproduced in the Report for 1905. 
The Committee desire to record their thanks to the following gentle- 
men, who, though not on the Committee, have kindly aided the work 
by the contribution of most valuable lists and reports, viz., Messrs. 
H. A. Allen, A. R. Horwood, L. J. Wills, and D. M. S. Watson, and 
the Rev. H. H. Winwood. 
In existing circumstances your Committee do not ask to be 
reappointed, but, in view of the large amount cf work still to be done, 
may be allowed to express a hope that this research may be still further 
prosecuted in the future under the auspices of the British Association. 
Report on Footprints from the Trias. Part VI. By H. C. Brastey. 
A number of very imperfect examples of a large broad footprint of 
unusual form have been seen during the last few years at Storeton, but 
have been too imperfect for description. Within the last six months a 
few more perfect have been seen. The print shows four short stout toes, 
their length being only about three-quarters their breadth. The print itself 
is about 15 cm. in width, and length 12 cm., but the posterior margin is not 
defined. At about that distance from the termination of the toes it 
narrows to about 6 cm., and the print is often continued for a few inches 
the same width till it merges into the surface of the slab. 
