ON THE F0SSILIFER0D8 TU.VNSITION BED IN NOUTHAMPTONSIIIRE. 351 



that tlie beds liave such a great lateral development, and can be K.ppro- 

 priately named otherwise. 



(-5) ^ Animal' Dogger and Jet-roch Series. — There can be little donbt 

 from Messrs. Tate and Blake's description of these beds that they are the 

 equivalents of the beds described in this paper as the Fish bed and 

 Paper Shales. The points of similarity are these : — 



(a) The horizon is the same, viz., just above the ' Annulatus ' beds. 



(6) Large numbers of fishes and I'eptiles occur, including of the former 

 Tjeptolepis, Lejndofas, and Pac.hycorimis. 



(c) Apiycld of ammonites are a peculiar feature of the series, being 

 found in no other member of the Yorkshire Lias. 



{d) Cephalopods allied to the LoUgo or the Sepia are only developed 

 here. 



(e) The ammonites are similar, and compressed specimens of A. com- 

 planatus and A. serpentinus occur over all the beds. 



(/) Euomphalus mimitus and Inoceramus duhius are common, the latter 

 being the most characteristic fossil. 



(<j) Wood is abundant. 



We cannot with certainty carry the correlation further, but probably 

 more complete investigations would show a similar correspondence until 

 the sands of the South-western counties began to form. It may be that 

 the ' Cheese ' dogger at Saltwick Nab in Yorkshire represents one of our 

 Cephalopoda beds. 



The Committee desire to express their thanks to the British Associa- 

 tion for giving them the opportunity of investigating a set of beds of 

 great interest locally, and they hope of some interest to geologists 

 generally. 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. J. W. Davis (Chair- 

 man), Eev. E. Jones (Secretary), Drs. J. Evans and J. Gr. 

 Gakson and Messrs. W. Pengelly, K. H. Tiddeman, and J. J. 

 "Wilkinson to complete the investigation of the Cave at Elholton, 

 near Skipton, in order to ascertain luhether Remains of Palcco- 

 lithic Man occxir in the Lower Cave Earth. 



The Elbolton Cave Exploration was continued under the direction of 

 your Committee until the end of December ]890. The entrance to the 

 cave is through a shaft or pot-hole 20 feet in depth situated at the 

 foot of a small limestone scar on Elbolton 1,000 feet above sea-leveL 

 The chamber, before the exploration commenced, was 30 feet long, and 

 varied from 7 to 13 feet in width. The floor was fairly level, with the 

 exception of a heap of stones under the entrance. On the surface 

 nothing was observed but a few sheep bones of recent origin. The 

 upper stratum, which varied in thickness from 4 feet at the east to 

 17 feet at the west end of the chamber, is the only one wherein human 

 remains have yet been found. It consisted of loose angular fragments of 

 limestone interspersed with large quantities of bones of Bos longifrons, 

 the horse, the boar, dog, red deer, sheep, &c. The bones of the larger 

 animals were split and broken, and were evidently used as food. Burnt 



