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A collection of Fossils from the Atlantic Frontier of the United States ; 



presented by Dr. Morton. 

 Cast of the Pterodactylus longirostris from Eichstadt, and a cast of 



some of the bones of a Pterodactylus from the same place ; pre- 

 sented by Professor Soemmering. 

 A collection of bones of the Ursus spelaeus, from the Cave of Gailen- 



reuth in Franconia; presented by Viscount Cole, F.G.S. and Sir 



Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart. F.G.S. 

 A collection of specimens from the Mining District of Guanaxuato ; 



presented by J. Dickson, Esq. 

 Crystals of Muriate of Soda on Lava from Vesuvius ; presented by 



Mrs. Somerville. 



The Library has been increased by the donation of 85 volumes 

 and pamphlets. 



The Supplement to the Second Volume, and the First Part of the 

 Third Volume of the Society's Transactions, have been published 

 since the last Anniversary. 



List of Papers read since the last Annual Meeting, Feb. 20, 1829. 



March 6. — An account of a remarkable Fossil Plant in the Coal For- 

 mation of Yorkshire} by John Lindley, Esq. F.G.S. F.R.S. Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of London. 



On the Remains of Quadrupeds which have been disco- 

 vered in the Marine and Fresh-water Formations of the Peninsula 

 of Italy; (Part First) by J. B. Pentland, Esq. 



March 20. — On the Tertiary and Secondary Rocks forming the 

 Southern Flank of the Tyrolese Alps, near Bassano ; by Roderick 

 Impey Murchison, Esq. Sec. G.S. F.R.S. 



April 3. — A Letter from Dr. Prout to Professor Buckland on the 

 Analysis of Coprolites from Lyme Regis and Westbury-on-Severn. 



On the Bituminous Schist and Fossil Fishes of Seefeld in 



the Tyrol ; by Roderick Impey Murchison, Esq. Sec. G.S. F.R.S. 



April 3, and May 1 . — On the Tertiary Deposits of the Cantal, and 

 their relations to the Primary and Volcanic Rocks ; by Charles 

 Lyell, Esq. For. Sec. G.S. F.R.S., and Roderick Impey Murchison, 

 Esq. Sec. G.S. F.R.S. 



May 15, and June 5. — On the Hydrographical Basin of the Thames, 

 with a view more especially to investigate the causes which have 

 operated in the formation of the valleys of that river and its tribu- 

 tary streams ; by the Rev. Wm. Conybeare, F.G.S. F.R.S. Instit. 

 Reg. Soc. Paris. Corresp. 



June 5. — -A few facts and observations on the power which running 

 water exerts in removing heavy bodies ; by Matthew Culley, Esq. 

 F.G.S., in a letter to Roderick Impey Murchison, Esq. Sec. G.S. 

 F.R.S. &c. 



June 19. — On the occurrence of Agates in the Dolomitic strata of 

 the new red sandstone formation in the Mendip Hills; by the Rev. 

 Wm. Buckland, D.D. V.P.G.S. F.R.S. 



