CONTENTS. 111. 



CONTENTS OF TOL, VII. 



PAGB 



1.— Presidential Address, 1877. G. H. Philipson, Esq., M.A., M.D. 1 



New Members elected, 1876-7 39 



Field Meetings for 1877 40 



Treasurer's Report for 1876 41 



Officer's elected for 1877-8 42 



II. — A Paper on Eggs, by D. Embleton, M.D., with Plates and Wood- 

 cuts 43 



111. — On a Piece of Timber encrusted with Carbonate of Lime, etc. 



By the Rev. G. Rome Hall, F.S.A 88 



IV. — Bewick Correspondence, communicated by Sir W. C. Trevelyan. . . 97 



V. — ,, ,, ,, John Hancock 105 



VI. — A Naturalist's View of the Close Time, etc. By Charles Murray 



Adamson 108 



VII. — On the Discovery and Exploration of Roman Remains at South 

 Shields in the years 1875-6. By Rev. R. E. Hooppell, LL.D., 

 with Plates and Woodcuts 126 



VIII. — Note on the Bar-tailed Pheasant. By the Right Honourable the 



Earl of Ravensworth 168 



IX. — Miscellanea — 



Some Observations on the Breeding Place and Egg of the 



Knot, Tringa Canutus L. By C. M. Adamson 169 



Notice of Testacella Haliotoidea, Drap. By R. Y. Green ... 170 



Note on the Discovery olAcrolepis Kirkhyi^ n.s., at Marsden. 

 By Richard Howse 171 



Notice of the Discoveiy of Archanodon Juhesii, Forbes, in 

 the Lower Carboniferous Rocks of Northumberland, 

 with Plate. By R. Howse 173 



Note on a Paper by R. H. Traquaii-, M.D., on the structure 

 of the Lower Jaw of Rhizodopsis and Rhizodus. By 

 Thomas Atthey 175 



X. — On Fteroplax cornuta^ with Plates. By Thomas Atthey 176 



