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containing small specimens of coral. Proceeding to Newbald, two miles 

 further, the sandbed is again seen about 20ft in thickness, unstratified, of 

 a brown or reddish colour. This bed rests on the oolite, and is capped by 

 a thin bed of the Kelloway, which, however, was scarcely visible, on 

 account of a mass of brambles and weeds growing on the margin of the 

 pit. About six feet from the top, running horizontally along the western 

 side of the pit, is an ammonite bed about Gin. wide, full of holes like a 

 honeycomb. Some attempts were made to obtain specimens, but they lie 

 too far in the rock, which, when dry, is very hard. The floor of this bed 

 was formerly an oolite quarry, from which the large circular stones 

 (eddystones) were obtained. Some were used for bridges across the 

 brook ; one was deposited in the centre of the village green. This latter 

 was visited, and found to be almost a perfect circle about 4| ft. in 

 diameter, and about 14in. in thickness, the base being left in the pit, 

 which is now filled up with rubbish. At South Cave, three miles further, 

 the sandbed appears again, about 10ft. in thickness, dark-brown colour^ 

 coarse and gritty ; this also rests on the ooHte, capped by a mixture of small 

 stones, sand, &c., embedded in Kimmeridge clay, the red chalk being about 

 100 yds. distant eastwards. This bed is full of fossils — Terebratula, Modiola 

 numerous, Am. communis present but rare. Time not allowing for a visit 

 to St. Austin's Stone, the route was directed to Hotham. Passing over the 

 escarpment of the oolite, the middle lias beds are found in a road cutting 

 near the village, from which specimens were taken. Passing over the 

 escarpment of the lower lias, and skirting the hills, we arrive at North 

 Clifie ; but time being short, we just glance at the cutting through the 

 hill, and leaving it on the right, and Bulsbeck with its mammalian 

 remains on the left, Weighton is reached just in time for the meeting. Mr. 

 Foster, conductor of the geological party, exhibited fossils from the chalk, 

 sandbeds, oolite, middle and lower lias, and the tertiaries at Bulsbeck. 

 In Vertebrate Zoology Mr. T. Bunker reported having noticed, between 

 Brough and Market Weighton the following : — Kestrel (2), common gull, 

 coot, waterhen, lapwing, (now in flocks) greenfinch, yellow hammer^ 

 spotted flycatcher, willow wren, whitethroat, sand martin, &c. Mr. 

 Roebuck stated, on behalf of Mr. Butterell, secretary of the Conchological 

 Section, that the day had been too fine for land shells, and that several 

 freshwater species had been found, none of them of very special interest, 

 except a curious form of Limnaea peregra from the fish ponds of Londes- 

 borough. Mr. William Prest, of York, reported for the Entomological 

 Section that very little of any note had been observed. Peronea sponsana 

 occurred rather freely amongst beeches, and other species noticed included 

 larvae of Cossus ligniperda, Notodonta camelina, &c. A locust taken at 

 Goole the previous day was exhibited. The meeting -closed with an 

 announcement from the chair that notices of motion for the annual 

 meeting in January, 1881, should be sent to the secretaries in time to 

 print in the circular convening the meeting. — Wm. Denison E-oebuck, 



