528 Obituary—dJ. Barrande—Prof. O. Heer. 
pseudo-cinctum, C. ventricosum, Ostrea velata, Cytherea mncras- 
sata, Cyrena pulchra, Corbicula obovata, etc.; while the charac- 
teristic and purely marine fauna of the Brockenhurst zone 
is almost entirely absent. 
5. Light bluish-green clayey sand, in which specimens of Paludina 
and Unio were found. 
The position of the marine bed was estimated to be at least 13 ft. 
above the shore. 
About a third of a mile to the east, near Westover Lane End, 
there is a slight upthrow, showing the Unio bed, and also about 
10 feet of the underlying green clays; it was under this that the 
previous writers had placed the Middle Headon marine bed, instead 
of above it. 
A sufficient quantity of the bed excavated was thrown out to 
enable geologists to identify it for many years to come. JI also had 
some of it brought away to work for the small species. | 
The pit was inspected by Professor Boyd Dawkins, and by Messrs. 
H. Willett, of Brighton, and T. W. Shore, of the Hartley Institution, 
Southampton. These gentlemen were quite satisfied as to the 
position of the bed. I must add that Mr. Willett, with characteristic 
generosity, has defrayed the expense of the excavation. Mr. Shore 
also gave help. 
OTTERBOURNE, NEAR WINCHESTER, Joun W. Exwes. 
October 1st, 1883. 
OS ee OeAS re ae 
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JOACHIM BARRANDE. 
Born 1799: Diep 1883. 
We regret to record the death of this veteran paleontologist, who, 
since about 1845, has devoted himself to the investigation of the 
geology and paleontology of his adopted country, Bohemia. Born 
in France and educated in Paris, he was early attached to the 
Bourbon family and went into voluntary exile with them in 1830, 
taking up his abode thenceforth in the city of Prague. His labours 
in elucidating the Silurian System of Central Bohemia extending | 
over nearly 40 years have resulted in the production of 22 massive 
quarto volumes of text, and admirably executed plates of fossils, pro- 
bably the most elaborate and costly work ever produced by a single 
worker. (We shall give a full account of Barrande’s labours, with 
his portrait, in our next Number.—Epir. Grou. Mac.) 
We have also to record the death, in his 75th year, of Tue Rev. 
Dr. Oswatp Herr, Professor of Botany in the University of Zurich 
—the well-known paleobotanist, and author of the admirable work 
entitled “Urwelt der Schweiz” (Zurich, 1865), published in this 
country by Mr. James Heywood, F.R.S., in 1876, under the title of 
“The Primeval World of Switzerland” (translated by W. 8. Dallas, 
F.L.S., Sec. Geol. Soc.). Dr. Heer is the author of nearly 100 
papers on Paleobotany and Entomology. 
