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The fossils we have noticed above have been derived chiefly from the 

 Newsham pit ; they have also been collected, to some extent, from the 

 adjoining collieries of Cramlington, and they have been noticed in a lately 

 sunk pit at Prestwick. At all these places the fossils are only found in 

 the thin bed of black shale that lies immediately over the Low Main Coal. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Steicklandia acuminata. — The Striclclandia acuminata was originally 

 figured in pi. 2, fig. 2, of the ' Geology of Cheltenham,' by Sir 11. I. Mur- 

 chison, H. E. Strickland, and Professor Buckman ; and there is also a 

 woodcut from Professor Buckman's specimen on the title-page of the 

 ■ Memoir of H. E. Strickland,' and at page 167 of the Memoir, by Sir 

 W. J ardine, Bart. The accompanying woodcut (Plate XX.) is from a speci- 

 men which was obtained by Mr. H. Strickland from Mr. Dewberry, Chelten- 

 ham, and being a much more perfect specimen, it is thought worthy of a 

 fresh illustration. 



The quarrymen found the fossil at Sevenhampton, and Professor Buck- 

 man's specimen most probably came from the same quarry, as the quarry- 

 men said they found it in the Stonesfield slate-bed. 



The leaf is imbedded in a hard sandy stone, and closely resembles the 

 bed of stone called "Stonesfield Slate" at Stonesfield, which at Seven- 

 hampton is at the base of the Great Oolite. 



The leaf in form is very nearly identical with that of the existing Salis- 

 buria, the similarity of the two leaves striking any one at once when they 

 are compared together. 



British Fossil Mammalia and Flint Implements. — In the August 

 number of the ' Geologist' you ask for any information concerning British 

 fossil mammalia not hitherto recorded. I send, therefore, the subjoined 

 list. All the specimens have been obtained from the Pleistocene deposits 

 of Fisherton, Salisbury, since the publication of Mr. Prestwich's paper in 

 1855 :— 



Felis spelcea. Portion of lower jaw, with last molar in situ. 



Hycena sjpelcea. Nearly entire half of lower jaw, with all the teeth. 



Canis vulpes. Portion of lower jaw, with teeth and portion of humerus. 



Sus scrofa ? Os calcis, only bone yet found. 



Equus caballus. Both bones and teeth very plentiful. 



Equus fossilis. Both upper and lower molar teeth of young individuals. 



Bos primigeyiius. Bones and portion of horn case. 



Bison priscus. Metatarsal bone. 



Bison minor. Both metacarpal and metatarsal bones, not scarce. 

 Cervus Gtcettardi, or young of Cervus tarandus. Portion of shed ant- 

 lers and bones. 



Lepus timidus. Fragment of femur. 



Lemmus Grwnlandicus ? Teeth, jaws, and bones of several individuals. 



The portions of skull are too fragmentary to admit of a satisfactory con- 

 parison with the recent skeleton. Those portions which have been com- 

 pared seem identical with the Orsinyak, or Greenland Lemming, in the 

 British Museum. 



Spermopkilus. Undetermined species. Teeth, jaws, and bones of many 

 individuals. 



