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INDEX. 



Astarte borealis, 130 ; A. Laurentiana, 140. 



Asterophyllites foliosa, coal, 366. 



Astrangia lineata, 182. 



Astropecten crispatus, eocene, 218. 



Athyris navictUa, Avmestry, 431. 



Ashby-de-la-Zouch, fault in coal-field of, 69. 



Ascension, lamination of volcanic rocks in, 606. 



Asti, formations at, 174. 



Atherfield, cretaceous strata of, 257. 



Atrium of a volcano, 502. 



Atrypa reticularis, Aymestry, 434. 



Atwria ziczac, London clay, 218. 



Augite, 466. 



Aidopora serpens, Devonian, 422. 



Auricula (recent), 218. 



Anrillac, freshwater strata of, 204. 



Austen, Mr. R. A G, on phosphate of lime, 251. 



. ..., on upper greensand, 250. 



Australia, auriferous gravel of, 630. 



. . . ., cave-breccias of 161. 



. . . . , extinct mammals in auriferous gravel of, 



630. 

 Auvergne, freshwater formations, 202. 

 . . . ., succession of changes in, 196. 

 . . . ., lacustrine strata, 199. 



, mineral veins of, 624. 



...., indusial limestone of, 201. 

 . ..., extinct volcanoes of, 545. 

 ...., alluvium in, 80. 

 Aveline, Mr., on Caradoc sandstone, 438. 

 AvictUa cygnipes, A. incequivalvis, 317. 

 .... papyracea, 386 ; A. socialis, 334. 

 Aviculopecten sublobatus, carboniferous, 406. 

 Axinus angulatus, London clay, 218. 

 Aymestry limestone, 433. 



BAcnxABiA, fossil in tripoli, 25. 



.... vulgaris f, in tripoli, 25. 



Baculites anceps, B. Faujassii, 245. 



Bagshot sands, 214. 



Bahia Blanca, fossil remains at, 154 



BaitB, Bay of, strata in, 525. 



Bakewell, Mr., on cleavage in the Alps, 601. 



Bala, lower Silurian rocks at, 441. 



Balmna emarginata, tympanio bone of, 173. 



Balgrav, near Glasgow, stumps of trees in coal, 

 872. 



Baltic, brackish water strata on coast of, 119. 



Barrande, M., on Bohemian Silurian rocks, 441. 



. . . ., on primordial fauna, 443. 



. . . ., on trilobites, 441. 



Barton clay described, 212. 



Barcombe, chalk-flint gravel near, 2S6. 



Basilosaurus cetoides, 233. 



Basterot, M. de, on tertiaries of south of France, 

 110. 



Basalt, 6, 466. 



. . . ., columnar, in the Eifel, 4S5. 



...., columnar, near Vioenza, 4-4. 



. . . ., columnar, of Giants' Causeway, 6. 



, columnar, structure of, 483. 



Basset, term explained, 56. 



Batrachian, ests of?, in old red, Scotland, 417. 



Bats, teeth of, 219. 



Bayfield, Capt, on fossil shells in Canada, 133. 



, on inland cliffs in Gulf of St Lawn 



Bean, Mr., on Norwich crag shells in York- 

 shire, 155. 



, on fossil shells from oolite, 314. 



Beachy Head, chalk-cliffs near. 275. 



Beaumont, M. L\ Ue. on rocks of Hautes Alpes, 

 451. 



..... on lamination of volcanic rocks, 476. 



, on plsolitic limestone, 236. 



. . ., on Swiss Alps, 579. 



, on quartz, 6s. 



on oolite formation In France, 252. 



, on Wealden island, 88L 



Beck, Dr., cited. 2ol, 242. 



, on graptolites, 441. 



BelemnUes hastatus, 804 ; B mucronatus, 245. 



Puzosianus, Oxford clay, 305. 



Bellerophon costatus, carboniferous, 407. 



Belosepia sepioidea, eocene, 218. 



Bembridge or Binstead beds, Isle of Wight, 



193, 208. 

 Berenicea dilumana, oolite, 307. 

 Berger, Dr., on rocks altered by dikes, 480 

 Bergmann on trap, 460. 

 Berlin, tertiary strata near, 189. 

 Bermuda Islands, lagoons in, 240. 



, rocks of, 78. 



Bernese Alps, gneiss in, 614. 



Berthier, M., on augite and hornblende, 464 



Beudant, M., on Hungary, 544. 



Beyrich, M., on Berlin tertiaries, 189. 



. . . ., on North German tertiaries, 178. 



Biaritz, calcareous cliffs of, 72. 



Bilin tripoli, composed of Infusoria, 25. 



Binney, Mr., on Stigmaria and Sigillaria, 367. 



Bird, bone of, in lower eocene beds, 458. 



, footprints of, 346. 



, fossil, scarcity of, 458. 



Bischoff, Prof., experiments on heat, 594. 



, on steam at a high temperature, 595. 



Blackdown beds, equivalent of gault, 251. 

 Blainville, on number of genera of mollusca, 2S. 

 Boase, Dr., cited, 598. 

 Boblaye, M, on inland cliffs, 73. 



, cited, 555. 



Bog-iron-ore, 26. 



Bohemia, Silurian rocks of, 450. ' 



Bolderberg, in Belgium, miocene or falunian 



strata of, 178. 

 Bone-bed of fish-remains in Armagh, 409. 

 ...., Silurian, 431. 



Bone-beds, usually contain rolled bones, 454 

 Boom and Rupelmonde, 1S8. 

 Bordeaux, falunian strata near, 178. 



, tertiary deposits of, 178. 



Borrowdale, black-lead of, 88. 



Bosquet, M, on Kleyn Spawen tertiary shells, 



134. 



, on Maestricht beds, 237. 



Bos taurus, tooth of, 166. 



Boston, U. S., recent strata in morass, upraised 



and bent, 135. 

 Bothnia, Gulf of, land upheaved, 45. 

 Boue, M, on arrangement of rocks, 95. 

 . . . ., on fossil shells in Hungary, 545. 



, on Carrara marble, 612. 



. . . ., on Swiss Alps, 614 

 Bonelli, on strata in Italy, 111. 

 Boulder formation in Canada, 189. 



, mineral ingredients of, 181. 



in England," 126, 136. 



...., period, fauna of, 181. 

 Boulders, 128. 



, striated, 142. 



Boutigny, M., cited, 565. 



Brown, 'Lieut. A., B. N., drawings of rocks in 



Gulf of St Lawrence, 78. 

 Bowerbank, Mr., on fossil flora of Sheppey, 216. 

 Bowman, Mr., on coal-seams, 891. 

 Bracklesham Bay, characteristic shells of, 214. 

 Bradford encrinites, 307. 

 Brash, term, explained, 81. 

 Bravard, M, on Auvergne mammalia, 203, 421. 

 Brazil, ossiferous caves in, 164 

 Breccia on ancient coast-lines, 78. 

 Brickenden, Captain, on Elgin fossils, 413. 

 Brighton, elephant-bed of, 2S7. 

 Bristol, dolomitic conglomerate near, 353. 



, section of strata near, 102. 



Brocchi, on Subapennines, 110, 178. 

 Brockedon, Mr., on black-lead, 3S. 

 Broderip, Mr., cited, 812. 

 Brodie, Eev. P. B., on fossil insects, 800, 827. 

 Mr. W. K., Purbeck inammifer found by, 



295. 

 Bromlev, ovster-bed near, 220. 

 Brcngniart," M. Adolphe, on Eocene flora, 216. 

 . . . ., on flora of cretaceous period, 265. 



, on fossil plants in lias, 328. 



. . . ., on plants of bunter-sandstein, 885. 

 . . . ., on fossil fir-cones, 368. 

 . . . ., on Permian flora, 357. 

 , on sigillaria, 366. 



