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At Gower the Avonian beds Lave been examined by Mr. E. E. L. 

 Dixon and Dr. Vaughan. 



Material has been collected by Dr. Vaughan at Pateley Bridge in 

 Yorkshire, and by Dr. C. A. Matley in Fifeshire. 



Dr. Vaughan has also been investigating the value of brachiopods and 

 corals for zonal work ia the Carboniferous Limestones, and a paper upon 

 this subject by him is now in the press. 



The Committee applj' for reappointment, with the title ' Committee to 

 enable Dr. A. Vaughan to continue his Researches on the Faunal Succes- 

 sion in the Carboniferous Limestone in the liritish Isles,' and the allqt- 

 inent of the unexpended balance of the grant. 



Invcsfigation of the Fauna and Mora of the Trias of the British Isles, 

 Fourth, Report of the Committee, consisiinr/ of Professor W. A, 

 Herdman (Chairman), Mr. J. Lomas (Secretari/), Professor W. W. 

 Watts, Professor P. F. Kendall, and Messrs. H, C. Beasley, 

 E. T, Newton, A. C. Seward, and W. A. E. Ussher. (Drawn 

 lip hij the Secretari/.) 



[Plates II. and III.] 



Reports have been received from Dr, A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., 

 giving a full description of lihyncJi,osaiirus ariiceps, and from Mr, H. C. 

 Beasley dealing with some new types of footprints recently found at 

 Storeton and Hollington. 



The Committee wish to express their thanks to the Museum authori- 

 ties at Shrewsbury for kindly allowing the valuable slabs of Rhynchosaurna 

 in their collection to be sent to the British Museum for examination. 



In the early part of this year the footprint-bed at Storeton, Cheshire, 

 was worked, and a magnificent series of slabs with footprints was obtained. 



Mr. C. Wells, the proprietor of the quarries, has taken special pains 

 to raise the slabs without injury, and has kindly afforded every facility 

 for their examination. A few new forms have come to light, but the 

 phief value lies in the fact that the prints are in so perfect a state that 

 pven the claws and the marks of the epidermal covering of the feet are 

 plearly shown. 



So great an assemblage of footprints has probably never been seen 

 before. It is impossible to describe the footprints adequately this year, 

 J)ut if the Committee is reappointed it is hoped to give a full description 

 Jn 3iext year's Report. 



On lihynchosaurus ariiceps (Owen). 

 By A. S.MITH Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Much has already been written concerning Rhynchosaurus, and many 

 figures have been published of various parts of its skeleton. The 

 ;fl,escriptions, however, are scattered and not sufficiently systematic for 

 convenient reference, while some of the figures are imperfect illustrations 

 of essential points. A synoptical account of this reptile, based on a new 

 study of the best specimens, may thus pi'ove of value. Through the 

 courtesy of the Committee of the Shrewsbury Museum, the original fossils 

 .described by Owen have been sent to the British Museum for comparison 

 witlj the specimens described by Huxley. The following description has 



