CONTENTS. 



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British Earthquakes. By the Editok 401 



Notes respecting the Origin of the World. By Thomas Hakbison, of Melbourne . 410 

 On certain Cretaceous Brachiopoda. By E. Ray Lankestee, Esq. . . . 414 



Eossil Birds. By the Editoe. {With a Plate.) 415 



Correspondence : — 



Homo sapiens versus Pithecus indocilis ........ 424 



Mr. Guppy's Article on Trinidad Rocks 425 



Proceedings of Geological Societies : — 



Liverpool Greological Society .......... 425 



Obituary Notice : — 



The Rev. Stephen Hislop, of Nagpur 428 



Foreign Intelligence ... . . . . . . . . . 430 



Notes and Queries : — 



Mammalian Remains ........... 432 



Professor R. J ones on Foraminifera . .432 



Miscellaneous Notices . . . . . 432 



Review : — 



Air-breathers of the Coal Period ; a descriptive account of the Remains of Land 

 Animals found in the Coal Formation of Nova Scotia, with remarks on 

 their bearing on theories of the Formation of Coal, and of the Origin of 

 Species. By J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., etc 434 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Air-Breathers of the Coal Period : a Descriptive Account of the Remains of Land Ani- 

 mals found in the Coal Formation of Nova Scotia. By J. W. Dawson, LL.D. With 

 Illustrations. Montreal : Dawson Brothers. London : Bailliere. 1863. 



The G-eology of the Country around Liverpool. By George H. Morton, F.G-.S. Re- 

 vised Edition. Liverpool : Smith. 1863. 



Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society for 1861-2 and 

 1862-3. Liverpool: Tinling. 1863. 



With Twenty Plates, 4to, price 15s., 



THE LIGNITE FOBMATION OF BOVEY TEACEY, 



DEVONSHIRE. 



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AND 



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GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION 



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The First Meeting this Session will be held on Tuesday Evening, November 3rd, at 7 

 o'clock, when Mr. CARTER BLAKE, F.G.S., will read a paper on FOSSIL ELE- 

 PHANTS ; and Mr. EVANS will exhibit a COLLECTION OF FOSSILS from the 

 Railway Cuttings near London. 



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