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GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE: 



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WITH WHICH IS INCOKPORATKD 



"THE GEOLOaiST." 



EDITED BY 



HENRY WOODWARD, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. 



ASSISTED BY 



ROBERT ETHERIDGE, F.R.S., L. & E., F.G.S., &c, 



WILFRID H. HUDLESTON, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. 



GEORGE J. HINDE, Ph.D., F.G.S., &c, 



and HORACE BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD, F.G.S. 



MARCH, 1896. 



OOITTBNT S 



I. Original Articles. page 



1. The Merjelen Lake. By C. S. 

 Du RiChe Preller, M.A., 

 Ph.D., F.G.S. (With PI. VI 

 and two other Illustrations.) ... 97 



2. The Ice - Avalanche on the 

 Gemini Pass. By C. S. Du 

 Eiche Preller, M.A., Ph.D., 

 F.G.S. (With two Illustra- 

 tions.) 103 



3. On the Old Red Sandstone of 

 Scotland. By P. Macnair and 

 J. Reid. (With two Illustra- 

 tions.) 106 



4. Notes on the Evolution of the 

 Genus Cheirurus. By F. R. 

 Cowper Reed, M.A., F.G.S. 117 



II. Reviews. 



1. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in 

 the British Museum. Part III. 

 By A. S. Woodward, F.G.S., 



etc 124 



2. Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants 

 in the British Museum. " The 

 Wealden Flora " : Part II. By 



A. C. Seward, M.A., F.G.S.... 127 



3. Memoirs of the Geological Sur- 

 vey. " The Jurassic Rocks of 

 Britain" : Vol. V. By Horace 



B. Woodward, F.G.S 129 



Reviews— continued. page 



4. Fishes, Living and Fossil. By 

 Bashford Dean, Ph.D 135 



III. Reports and Proceedings. 



1 . Geological Society of London — 

 February 5th, 1896 139 



2. Royal Physical Society of Edin- 



burgh — 

 February 19th, 1896 141 



3. The Geologists' Association — 

 February 7th, 1896 141 



IV. Correspondence. 



1. The Rev. E. Hill, M.A., F.G.S. 142 



2. Dr. Sv. Leonk. Tornquist 142 



3. Mr. A. J. Jukes-Browne, F.G.S. 143 



V. Obituary. 



Prof. Sekiya Seikei, of Japan... 143 



VI. Miscellaneous. 



Glossary of Names of Geological 

 Formations 144 



Dr.Audersson: Plants in Sweden 144 



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