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and species from the same geological horizon as those previously 

 found on the Continent. A notice of these appears in my paper 

 on " Abnormal Conditions," etc., p. 480 of the Journal of the Geol. 

 Society for 1867. Mr. Longe with much liberality presented me 

 with the specimen. 



After this I showed it to Dr. Wright, and pointed out to him the 

 zoological position that had been assigned to it by continental geolo- 

 gists, and in reply to his inquiries informed him that the best figures 

 and description would be found in a paper by Dr. Deslongchamps of 

 Caen. 



Dr. Wright lost no time in referring to Dr. Deslongchamps' de- 

 scription, for in a note to me on another subject, he remarks : " As I 

 am always on the look out for any new facts to chronicle in relation 

 to my own subject, I sent a short notice of Mr. Longe's discovery 

 to the Geological Magazine, and herewith inclose you a separate 

 text." In this he quotes the history of Cotylederma as given by 

 Dr. Deslongchamps, but makes no reference to the conversation I had 

 with him respecting it. At this time I had no opportunity of seeing 

 Dr. Deslongchamps' memoir, or comparing the specimen with those 

 in my museum. On my return home I found it belonged to the 

 genus Plicatocrinus, and not to Cotylederma as I had first supposed. 

 Had I been aware Dr. Wright intended sending a notice of the 

 specimen for publication, I could at once have corrected the error. 



From his remark in the last paragraph that " it is the first English 

 specimen of this curious form of the Liassic sea which I have yet 

 seen from our Lias beds," he does not appear to be aware of its pre- 

 vious discovery by myself, though on one occasion, if I mistake not, 

 I called his attention to examples in my museum, where they have 

 been publicly exhibited. 



I took with me to the Bristol Meeting a beautiful specimen of the 

 genus Solanocrinus I have lately found in Oolitic strata, and now first 

 recorded as a British genus, but withheld a notice of it in order to 

 have drawings prepared of Mr. Longe's Plicatocrinus. 



Bath, Oct. 25, 1875. Charles Moore. 



OBITTJAEY. 



WILLIAM SANDERS, F.R.S. 



Death has removed another of the small band of distinguished 

 geologists that commenced their career when the science they 

 cultivated and elucidated was yet in its infancy. The late Mr. 

 William Sanders, F.K.S., was a native of Bristol, and for upwards 

 of forty years of his life was intimately associated with the most 

 distinguished names that have enriched geological science. 



He devoted his life to the study of the physical structure of the 

 Bristol area, and early in his scientific career was the friend and 

 companion of Prof. Phillips in his Geological Survey of North 

 Devon and Cornwall, which occupied some years. His chief labour, 



