Papers read in Section C, British Association, August, 1871. 419 



I. — British Association for the Advancement op Science. Forty- 

 first Meeting. Edinburgh, 1871. Papers Eead or sent in 

 to be Eead in Section C. (Geology.) 



Fresident. — Professor Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., F.G.S. 



Address by President :■ — Sketch of the Geology of Edinburgh and 



Neighbourhood. 

 J. TJiomson, F.G.S. — On the Age of the Stratified Rocks of Isla. 

 Dr. J. Bryce, F.B.S.E., F.G.S.—Thivd Eeport of the Committee orh 



Earthquakes in Scotland. 

 H. Woodward, F. G.S. — Eeport on Fossil Crustacea. 

 Frof. W. C. Williamson, F.B.S. — On the Structure of Dictyoxylon. 

 G. J. Grieve — On the Position of Organic Remains near Burntisland,. 

 W. Carriithers, F.B.S. — On the Vegetable Contents of Masses of 



Limestone occurring in Trappean Rocks in Fifeshire, and the 



conditions under which they are preserved. 

 W. Pengelly, F.B.S. — Seventh Eeport on Kent's Cavern Explorations. 

 Bev. W. S. Symonds; F.G.S. — On the Contents of a Hyaena's Den on 



the Great Doward, Whitchurch, Eoss, Herefordshire. 

 L. C, Miall — Further Experiments and Eemarks on Contortion, of 



Eocks. 

 Prof. Ed. Hull, F.B.S., and W. A. Traill— On the Eelative Ages of 



the Granitic, Plutonic, and Volcanic Eocks of the Mourne 



Mountains, Down, Ireland. 

 B. Daintree — On the General Geology of Queensland. 

 Bev. Dr. Hume — On the Coal-beds of Panama, in reference mainly to 



their Economic Importance. 

 T. Moffat, M.D. — On Geological Systems and Endemic Diseases. 

 Bev. J. F. Blalce, M.A., F.G.S. — On the Yorkshire Lias and the 



Distribution of its Ammonites. 

 H. Woodward, F.G.S. — Relics of the Carboniferous and other Old 



Land Surfaces. 

 James TJiomson, F.G.S. — Eeport on Sections of Fossil Corals. 

 Sir Bichard Griffith, BaH., F.B.S. — On the Boulder Drift and Esker 



Hills of Ireland ; and likewise on the Position and Composition 



of Erratic Blocks in that Country. 

 Dr. J. Murie, F.G.S. — On the Systematic Position of Sivatherium 



giganteum. 

 W. Boyd DawMns, F.B.S. — On the Eelation of the Quaternary 



Mammalia to the Glacial Period. 

 Prof. Williamson, F.B.S. — On the Structure of Diploxylon, a Plant 



of the Carboniferous Eocks. 

 C. Lajnuorth and J. Wilson — On the Silurian Eocks of Selkirk and 



Eoxburgh. 



C. Lapworth — On the Graptolites of Gala Group. 



D. J. Broion — On the Silurian Eocks of the South of Scotland. 



D. J. Broion — On the Upper Silurian Eocks of the Pentland Hills 

 and Lesmahao;o. 



