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some  new  Mammals  from  the  Crags  show  that  the  Mammalia  have 
not  been  forgotten.  Even  in  the  class  Aves  you  have  indicated  the 
presence  of  the  Red-throated  Diver  in  Pleistocene  Reds  at  Mundes- 
ley,  and  more  recently  you  have  described  Gastornis  Klcicisseni  from 
the  Lower  Eocene  of  Croydon. 
In  presenting  you  with  this  token  of  their  appreciation  of  your 
work,  the  Council  feel  sure  that  you  are  by  no  means  likely  to  relax 
those  efforts  in  descriptive  palaeontology  which  have  already  borne 
such  excellent  fruit. 
Mr.  Newton,  in  reply,  said : — 
Mr.  President, — 
I  am  deeply  sensible  of  the  honour  which  the  Geological  Society 
has  conferred  upon  me  to-day,  by  the  Award  of  the  Lyell  Medal, 
and  regret  that  the  work,  of  which  you,  Sir,  have  spoken  so 
kindly,  bears  so  small  a  proportion  to  the  reward  bestowed  upon 
it ;  for  the  Medal  of  Sir  Charles  Lyell  is  in  my  estimation  one  of 
the  highest  honours  which  a  geologist  can  hope  to  receive. 
It  has  been  my  good  fortune  to  be  placed  in  a  position  which  has 
brought  me  valuable  specimens  to  work  out,  and  if  the  results  of 
my  labour  are  in  any  way  of  scientific  value,  it  is  due  to  training, 
in  years  gone  by,  under  my  esteemed  master  in  science,  the  Rt.  Hon. 
Professor  Huxley. 
I  receive  this  Award  with  the  greater  pleasure,  because  it  is  to  me 
a  further  evidence  of  the  kindly  feeling  existing  between  this  Society 
and  the  members  of  the  Geological  Survey,  who  are  to-day  rejoicing 
and  participating  in  the  honours  conferred  upon  two  of  their 
colleagues. 
I  desire  to  express  my  warmest  thanks  to  the  Council  for  their 
much  valued  Award,  and  to  you,  Sir,  for  the  kind  words  with  which 
it  has  been  accompanied. 
Award  of  the  Lyell  Geological  Eend. 
The  President  then  handed  one  moiety  of  the  Ralance  of  the 
Proceeds  of  the  Lyell  Geological  Eund,  awarded  to  Miss  Catherine 
A.  Raisin,  B.'Sc.,  to  Prof.  T.  G.  Bonney,  D.Sc.,  LL.D.,  E.R.S., 
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