240 [Appendix B.N.F.C., 



how far papers on the remains of pre-historic man were admissible in a geological 

 bibliography. Thus, while a flint implement found in the stratified marine 

 gravels of Antrim, or a bronze celt in a stalagmitic deposit, are objects of 

 distinct geological interest, the same cannot be said of a cinerary urn found in a 

 kist, or a flint arrow-head wbich the urn may have contained. But it is difficult 

 to draw tbe line, for geology and archaeology not only meet, but overlap. The 

 rule which I have endeavoured to follow is to admit papers which describe the 

 mode of occurrence or stratigraphical position of human relics, and to omit papers 

 dealing with objects artificially buried, or merely with the affinities or ornament 

 of objects found. Thus sand-hill sites, crannogs, cave- deposits, and flint 

 implement gravels are included ; but papers on such subjects shade imperceptably 

 into others which are purely ethnographical in their bearing. 



In the way of existing bibliographies there was very little to assist me. The 

 only papers giving even a tolerably complete bibliography of any part of the 

 subjects included in the present paper, or of any district, were Dr. V. Ball's 

 list of papers on Irish fossil mammals (39)* and Mr. Hardman's list of papers 

 on North of Ireland geology (251). The shorter lists of papers given by 

 Adams (5, 6), Close (129), Cole (136), Gray (232), Hull (297), M'Henry 

 (492), and Scharff (607), were of course consulted. I made a point of 

 verifying every reference by consultation of the original publication, where 

 possible ; the few papers (4 out of the 767 which have a place in the list) which 

 I was not able to consult are distinguished by an asterisk . 



Subjoined are particulars relating to Proceedings of Societies and to Journals 

 systematically examined for references to the subject included in the list, the 

 contracted titles used in the list being added in parenthesis : — 



ACADEMIES' PROCEEDINGS, $e. 



British Association for the Advancement of Science : 



Reports, years 1—64, 1831-1894. (Brit. Assoc. Reports.) 

 Geological Society of London : 



Quarterly Journal, I.— LI., 1845-1895. {Q.J.G.S.) 

 Geologists' Association, London : 



Proceedings, L— XIV. pt. 5, 1859-1895. (Proc. Geol. Assoc.) 

 Anthropological Institute : 



Journal, I.— XXV. pt. 2, 1871-1895. (Town. Anthrop. Inst.) 

 Geological Survey of Ireland : 



Memoirs, 120 parts, 1858-1891. 8vo. 

 Royal Irish Academy : 



Proceedings, I.— X., 1836-1870; 2nd s. {Science), I.— IV., 1869-1888; 

 2nd s. {Polite Literature and Antiquities), I.— II., 1870-1888; 

 3rd s., I.— III. pt. 4, 1887-1895. 8vo. (Proc. R LA.) 



Transactions, I.— XXX. pt. 17, 1785-1895. 4to. {Trans. R.l.A ) 

 Royal Dublin Society : 



Journal, I.— VII., 1856-1878. 8vo. (Journ. R.D.S.) 



Scientific Proceedings, n.s., I.— VIII. pt. 4, 1878-1895. 8vo. {Sci. 

 Proc. R.D.S.) 



* Thu uumbers refer.to the index numbers in the general list. 



