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had kindly directed his men to expose the bank at the most 

 likely spots ; a vast mass of material full of fossils, was thus 

 thrown down, and a perpendicular section of some 12 feet or 

 more, made available ; this was a very great advantage, as 

 it furnished an opportunity for such an examination, as prob- 

 ably the locality never received before. Those whose zeal led 

 them to make the necessary exertion were highly successful, 

 and heavy bags of good specimens were made during the few 

 hours available for the work. Many examples of a large num- 

 ber of species were collected, and the rare chance of finding 

 this bed so well exposed, determined some of the members to 

 make a supplementary excursion to the same ground. This 

 was carried out a few days afterwards, and as this may be 

 considered as a continuation, and result of the Club's visit, the 

 species collected on both days will be included in this report. 



The total number of species collected was 33. Portlock 

 (1843) only enumerated 27 species from the Ballintoy beds. 

 Tate (1870) increases this total to 44 species. It will be seen 

 that on the occasion of this visit, specimens were collected of 

 more species than were known to Portlock, and just three- 

 fourths of all the species which up to the present are known 

 there. The following is a list of the fossils collected : — 



Ammonites armatus, Ceromya gibbosa, 



Ammonites Buvgnieri, Cucullsa Grangeri, 



Ammonites Conybeari, Goniomya Sinemuriensis, 



Ammonites Greenoughi, Leda Bronni, 



Ammonites multicostata, Leda Quenstedti, 



Ammonites raricostata, Leda tenuistriata, 



Belemnites acutus, Limea acuticosta. 



Tectaria strophium, Lucina Limbata ? 



Tornatella Robinsoni, Mytilus Gueuxii, 



Anatina longissima, Ostrea arcuata, 



Avicula novemcostae, Ostrea irregularis, 



Cardium Philippianum, Pecten acutiradiatus, 



