GEOLOGICAL LOCALITIES. :r> 



Survey of Scotlaiul, and especially of their palaeontologist, Mr. R. Etheridgc, junr., 

 F.G.S. Through his kindness and interest in the subject I have had the opportunity of 

 working over a very extensive series of washed shales collected from the Scotch 

 Carboniferous beds by Messrs. J. Bcnnic and A. Macconochie, the collectors to the 

 Survey, as well as of examining the mounted specimens belonging to the Museum of that 

 body. A report upon the Foraminifera of the Lanarkshire Coal-field was drawn up two 

 or three years ago for the use of the Survey, the substance of which was embodied in one 

 of their memoirs, 1 and as far as Scotland is concerned, the present work may be regarded 

 as an expansion of the results then furnished. I am also Mr. Etheridge's debtor for the 

 accurate geological and geographical information upon which the tables are based, and 

 without which they would have lacked the essential elements of order and geological 

 reliability. 



I am not less beholden to my friends Mr. John Young, F.G.S., and Mr. David 

 Robertson, F.G.S., of Glasgow. The first Carboniferous Foraminifera from the Scotch 

 beds that came to my hands were those of the beautiful collection formed by Mr. Young. 

 They were lent to me without reservation long before I had any specimens of my own 

 from localities north of the Border, and I have had the cordial co-operation both of Mr. 

 Young and Mr. Robertson throughout my work. 



Where no note is appended to the localities in the following list I have had my 

 supplies of material from the stores of the Geological Survey of Scotland ; in other cases 

 the names of the contributors are added in parentheses. 



FIFE. 

 Lower Limestone Group. 



Shale below No. 1 Limestone, Midlothian Series (= Main, or Hurlet Limestone). 



152. Abden, on shore east of Kinghorn. White and blue shales. 



Shale above No. 1 Limestone, Midlothian Series. 



153. Invertiel Quarry, north of Linktown, Kirkcaldy. 



Shale above Linn Limestone (probably equivalent to No . 1 Limestone, Midlothian Series). 



154. Cowdens Quarry, north-west of Dunfermline. 



1 ' Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Scotland,' Explanation of sheet 23, Lanarkshire Central 

 Districts, 1873. 



