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THE 



GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE: 



OR, 



Jtonthij) Journal of (Sootorju, 



WITH WHICH 18 INCOKPORATKU 



"THE GEOLOGIST." 



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. 



JUNE, 1896. 



COITTEITTS, 



I. Original Articles. page 



1 . Note on the Skeleton of Aptorn is 

 defossor (Owen). By C. W. 

 Andrews, B.Sc, F.G.S. (With 

 Plate X.) 241 



2. Enclosures of Glass in a Basalt. 



By Mary C. Foley, B.Sc. ... 242 



3. Vertical Tertiaries of Bincombe, 

 Dorset. Bv the Rev. 0. Fisher, 

 M.A., F.G.S. (With two 

 Sections.) 246 



4. Note on Cretaceous Fossils from 

 Aberdeen. By G. Sharman and 

 E. T. Newton, of the Museum 



of Practical Geology 247 



5. Zonal Divisions of the Carbon- 

 iferous System. By Wheelton 

 Hind, M.D., B.Sc, F.G.S. ... 255 



6. Fossils of the Warminster Green- 

 sand. By A. J. Jukes-Browne, 

 B.A., F.G.S 261 



II. Reviews. 



1. Vertebrata of the Moray Firth 

 Area. By R. H. Traquair, 

 M.D..LL.D., F.R.S 274 



Reviews — continued. page 



2. Eocene Mollusca. By M. Coss- 

 mann 275 



3. Prof. G. Vicentini on Earth- 

 quake-Pulsations 277 



4. Fish from the Phosphatic Chalk 



in France. By F. Priem 278 



III. Reports and Proceedings. 



Zoological Society of London — 



March 17th, 1896 279 



Geological Society of Loudon — 



1. April loth, 1896 279 



2. April 29th, 1896 281 



3. May 13th, 1896 283 



IV. Correspondence. 



1. Mr. C L. Lloyd 286 



2. Mr. John Smith 286 



3. Mr. A. Strahau 287 



4. Prof. T. G. Bonney 287 



V. Miscellaneous. 



Guide to Museum of Practical 

 Geology 287 



Appointment of Dr. Moleugraaff 288 



Annual Report of the Director- 

 General Geological Survey ... 288 



Spitzbergen Exploration 288 



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