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latter, upon being skilfully broken, revealed the alveolus, a conical 

 cavity containing the phragmacone, divided by thin transverse plates 

 into a series of air chambers. Mr. Hawkesworth and other members 

 obtained amongst other fossils, good specimens of Pecteii cEquivalvis 

 and Protocardiiim truncatiini \ a fossil fragment of a shell was also 

 obtained, which, not being perfect, occasioned much discussion, but 

 was probably one end of Dentalium e/ongatu?H. As Old Nab was 

 approached, the ironstone or zone of A. spinatus reappeared, and 

 formed a rugged terrace, quickly rising, however, into the cliff. 

 Large quantities of small branching fossil fucoids, interlacing and 

 crossing in infinite multiplicity, covered the surface in many places. 

 The soft sandy shales of the upper part of the zone of A.viarga7'itatiis 

 next appeared, occupying the scars, and forming the lower part of 

 the cliff between Old Nab and Staithes. Near this part Mr. Brown- 

 ridge found a remarkably fine s^QcnwQn oi A m??ionifes fernigine2^s. 

 There are clay ironstone nodules embedded in these shales, which 

 are very fossiliferous, but time did not permit the hammers to be 

 brought into play. On arriving at Staithes, the shore was left, and 

 the way pursued through that picturesque but not over-fragrant 

 village to the railway station for the return journey to Saltburn. 



The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman, and 

 soon after seven o'clock the members were on their way homewards. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



^Ir. James W. Davis, of Halifax, has recently published, through the medium 

 of the Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, a bulky and elaborate 

 account of ' The Fossil Fishes of the Chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria,' which 

 runs to 1 80 quarto pages, and is illustrated by 25 well -executed lithographic pla' es. 



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A meeting of the Yorkshire Boulder Committee was held on the 9th June, at 

 Leeds, under the presidency of Prof Green, F. R.S. After discussing tlie work 

 of the Committee, and passing two standing orders for future guidance, a number 

 of boulder reports were examined and passed, including the following : ' The 

 Bulmer's Stone, Darlington,' 'The Pierce Bridge Block,' and 'The Sadberge 

 Block,' all by Dr. R. Taylor Manson, Medical Officer of Health, Darlington ; 

 ' The Greystone, Leeds,' by Mr. C. D. Hardcastle, President of the Leeds 

 Geological Association ; and ' Strap Granite Blocks at Scarbro',' by Mr. J. H. 

 Phillips, Secretary to the vScarbro' Scientific and Archceological Society. The 

 discussion of other reports was adjourned to a future meeting. Details of the 

 above reports will duly appear in the N'ahiralist. It may be stated that Prof. 

 Green carefully examined each report personally before the meeting, to ensure 

 its accuracy. One part of the adjourned business was a valuable detailed report 

 by ]Mr. G. W. Laniplugh, of Bridlington, upon the Coast Boulde.'s between 

 Bridlington and Danes' Dyke, intended to be the first of a series of similar reports. 

 Geologists and readers of the Naturalist interested in this work, and knowing of 

 any boulders in their particular district, are desired to communicate with the 

 Secretary to the Committee (S. A. Adamson, F.G.S., 52, Wellclose Terrace, 

 Leeds), who will at once furnish schedules for observations to be recorded upon. 

 It is desirable, too, that such information should not be delayed, in order that it 

 may be presented at the forthcoming meeting of the British Association at 

 Manchester. 



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