THE 



GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE. 



No. LXIX.— MARCH, 1870. 



I. — British Fossils.' 



By THE Editor. 



(PLATE IV.) 



THE Twenty-fhird volume of the Palasontographical Society's 

 published Monographs has just reached us. It represents the 

 annual volume for 1869 ; so that, thanks to the energetic exertions 

 of the Honorary Secretary, the Eev. T. Wiltshire, M.A., F.G.S., we 

 have now ten months during which the volume for 1870 may 

 appear, thus bringing the date of issue once more even with the 

 current year's subscription. 



Such being the healthy state of the Society, we trust that the 

 Treasurer (like our present Chancellor) will not tolerate arrears, for 

 every year the volumes issued by this Society become more and more 

 valuable, and doubtless very soon they will be at a premium. The 

 present issue contains : — 



1. Supplement to the Fossil Corals. Part II. No. 2. (Cretaceous 

 Corals.) By Dr. P. Martin Duncan, F.E.S., &c. (Six Plates, 

 pp. 20.) 



2. The Cretaceous Echinodermata. Vol. I. Part 3. By Dr. T. 

 Wright, F.E.S.E., F.G.S. (Ten Plates, pp. 13.) 



3. The Belemnitidae. Part V. Oxford Clay Belemnites, &c. By 

 Prof. Phillips, M.A., F.E.S., &c. (Nine Plates, pp. 19.) 



4. The Fishes of the Old Eed Sandstone. By Messrs. J. Powrie 

 and E. Eay Lancaster. Part I., concluded. The Cephalaspidee. By 

 E. Eay Lancaster, B.A. (Nine Plates, pp. 29.) 



5. The Eeptilia of the Liassic Formations. Part H. By Prof. 

 Owen, F.E.S. (Four Plates, pp. 40.) 



6. The Crag Cetacea. No. 1 {Ziphius). By Prof. Owen, F.E.S. 

 (Five Plates, pp. 40.) 



Out of such a series of interesting Monographs it would seem 

 invidious to make a selection of one as more deserving of notice than 

 another ; but as we propose to refer to this volume in a future 

 number, we will only select one paper this month for especial notice* 

 — that by Prof. Owen upon the Pterosauria of the Lias. 



1 Monographs published by the Palaeontographical Society, vol. xxiii. Issued for 

 1869. London : February, 1870. 4to., pp. 279, and 43 Plates. 



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