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In the following list of 186 species and varieties found at Alexandra Dock, 

 I have employed the term " top clays" to designate the clayey and sandy beds 

 which formed the highest and most recent deposit. " Upper clay " signifies 

 the upper or deep-water zone of the Estuarine Clay, "Lower clay" the 

 underlying littoral deposit. On account, perhaps, of its less interesting and less 

 varied fauna, the lower clay was not so thoroughly examined as the zone above, 

 and it is probable that some of the species recorded here as from the upper clay 

 alone, occurred also in the lower bed. 



I have to acknowledge much kind assistance rendered by Mr. S. A. Stewart, 

 F.B.S.E., in the identification of critical species; by Mr. Joseph "Wright, 

 F.G.S., who catalogued the Microzoa of the deposits ; and by Professor 

 Cunningham, M.D., of Queen's College, who identified the vertebrate remains. 



LIST OF FOSSILS 



OBSERVED IN THE ESTUARINE CLAYS AT THE ALEXANDRA 

 DOCK, BELFAST. 



Note. — The nomenclature of the Mollusca is that adopted by J. Gwyn Jeffreys 

 in his Manual of British Conchology. The Foraminifera are named according 

 to H. B. Brady's Report on the Foraminifera of the " Challenger " Expedition ; 

 the Ostracoda in accordance with Dr. G. S. Brady's Report on the " Challenger " 

 Ostracoda. 



Species marked (*) are additions to the Estuarine Clay fauna of the North 

 of Ireland ; those marked (f) are new to the Belfast deposit. 



* Cervus elaphus, Linn. 



A dorsal vertebra, right radius, and posterior right rib of the Red Deer 

 occurred at different spots on the upper surface of the peat bed. 



* Sus scrofa, Linn. 



Two portions of the lower jaw of a large Wild Boar, with teeth and both 

 tusks, and at another place a single tusk, were found in a position similar 

 to the Red Deer remains. 



