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INDEX. 



Pontefract rock, of Mr. Smith, synonyme for the 

 lower red sandstone, 64. 



Pontypool, notice of part of the mineral basin of 

 South Wales near, 433. 



Poppendorf, fossils found near, 397, 420. 



section of the Hill of, 396. 



Pnpuliis cordifolia, Mr. Lindley's description of, 

 found in tlie quarries of (Eningen, 288. 



Port Skerry, composition of the lowest conglome- 

 rate at, 130. 



the lowest beds appear to graduate 



into the granite on which they rest, 130. 



Pratt, Samuel, Esq., on tlie existence of the Ano- 

 plotherium and Palseotherium in the Isle of 

 Wight, 451. 



Primary rocks, description of the, of the central 

 axis of the Eastern Alps, 305. 



and tertiary systems separated by only 



one secondary formation along the western 

 limits of the Styrian basin, 384. 



Producta, species of, found in the magnesian lime- 

 stone, 119. 



Prout, Dr., analysis of coprolites, 223 note, 230, 

 232, 233. 



letter from, to Dr. Buckland on the 



analysis of fossil faeces, 237. 



Pseudo-coprolites, name applied to concretions 

 containing phosphate of lime, but which do not 

 possess the other characters of coprolites, 236. 



Pterodactylus, description of a new species of, 

 found in the lias at Lyme Regis, 217. 



■ resemblance between the cervical 



vertebrae and those of the Pygmy Musk, dis- 

 covered by Mr. Broderip and Mr, Clift, 218. 



macronix, Dr. Buckland's osteolo- 



gical description of, 220. 

 Punjab, notice of the structure of the, 492. 

 Punnah, the diamond mines of, noticed, 192. 



Hills, geological structure of the, 192. 



Pureriah, description of the trap of, 194. 

 of the altered limestone of, 193. 



R. 



Radford, Nottinghamshire, relation of the mag- 

 nesian limestone to the coal measures in the 

 neighbourhood of, bG. 



Radkersberg, description of the tertiary strata 

 composing the cliffs on the banks of the Mur, 

 near, 392. 



■ fossils found in the, 



420. 



section of the tertiary formations 



between Eibeswald and, 386. 

 from, to Riegisburg, 395. 



Radstock, notice of the lias near, 245. 

 Rauchwacke, description of, in the Eastern Alps, 



308. 

 traversed by dykes of serpentine 



near Kirchbiickl, 308. 

 — ■ a tufaceous limestone resembling, 



found on the sides of the hills near Loheim, 



338 note. 

 Red conglomerate, description of, at St. Mary 



Church, and Watcomb, 162. 

 Tor Mo- 



ham, 162. 



-Paington, 



163. 



• near Borgue Head disinte- 

 grates into irregular prisms, 137. 



Red encrinital limestone, largely developed in the 

 valley of the Salza, 313. 



— well exhibited at Aussee, 



313. 



Red-land-limestone, name given to the magne- 

 sian limestone in Nottinghamshire by Mr. Smith, 

 42. 



Red marl, description of, in the Eastern Alps, 307. 



• saliferous sandstone, description of, in the 



provinces of Bundelcund and Boghelcund, 191. 



— — sandstone, description of, between Dun- 

 cansby Head and the Ord of Caithness, 135. 



— ^ in the Eastern 



Alps, 307. 



sometimes brought in unconfor- 

 mable contact with deposits of a much younger 

 age, 309. 



and conglomerate series of the 



North-west coast of Sutherland, described, 

 153. 

 Red sandstone and marl of Loch Groinard, de- 

 scription of, 156. 



