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8. The Lara Beds of California and Idaho, and their relation to the An- 

 tiquity of Man. Bj- Professor G. Feedeeick Weight, LL.D., F.G.S.A. 651 



9. Report of the Committee on Excavations at Oldbury Hill b'51 



10. Preliminary Notes on the Excavations at Oldhury Hill. By Joseph 



Peestwich, D.C.L., F.R.S 651 



11. Report of the Committee on Elbolton Cave, near Skipton 652 



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TVESDAY, AUGUST 2-^. 



1. On the Occurrence of Pachjtheca and a Species of Nematophycus in the 



Silurian Beds at Ty mawr Quarry, Rumney. By J. Stoerie 652 



2. Report of the Committee on the Lias of Northamptonshire 654 



3. The Mastodon and Mammoth in Ontario, Canada. By Professor J. Hotes 



Panion, M.A., F.G.S 654 



4. Note on the occurrence of Ammonites jurensis in the Irouatone of the 

 Northampton Sands, in the neighbourhood of Northampton. By E. T, 

 Newtoit, F.G.S., F.Z.S 655 



5. On certain Ammonite-zones of Dorset and Somerset. By S. S. BtrcKJiAN, 

 F.G.S., Hon. Memb. Yorka. Phil. Soc .'. ,. 655 



6. Notes on the Polyzoa {Bryozoa) of the Zones of the Upper Chalk. By 

 Geobqe Robeet Vijtb 656 



Section D,— BIOLOGY. 

 THtmSDAT, AUGUST 20. 



Address by FfiANCls DAliWiSf, M.A., M.B,, F.R,S., President of the Sec- 

 tion , 660 



1. Foitrth Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of reporting 

 on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of the 

 West India Islands, and taking steps to investigate ascertained deficien- 

 cies in the Flora and Fauna 678 



2. Report of the Committee appointed to report on the present state of our 

 knowledge of the Zoology of the Sandwich Islands, and to take steps to 

 investigate ascertained deficiencies in the Fauna 678 



3. Fifth Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of taking steps 



for the establishment of a Botanical Laboratory at Paradeniya, Ceylon... 678 



4. Report of a Committee appointed to make a digest of the observations on 

 the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Light'vessels which have been 

 carried on by the Migration Committee of the British Association 678 



6. Fourth Report of the Committee for the purpose of collecting information 

 as to the Disappearance of Native Plants from their Local Habitats 673 



6. Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of arranging for the 

 occupation of a Table at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Associa- 

 tion at Plymouth 678 



