CONTENTS. 



Page 



Ou the Earth's Climate in Ancient Times. By the Editor 1 



Three Days at Farringdon.— Position of Sponge- Gra vol. By Mr. C. J. A. Meter . 5 

 Eossil Birds. By the Editor. (Continued from Vol. VI. p. 455) . . .11 



Correspondence : — 



Human Remains and Flint Hatchets. By Patrick Fraser, M.D. . . .24 



Proceedings of Geological Societies : — 



Geologists' Association ........... 25 



Manchester Geological Society 25 



South Shields Geological Club 25 



Colonial Geology : — 



Geological Notes on the Country near Melbourne, Tictoria. By Mr. Tnos. 

 Harrison 27 



Notes and Queries : — 



The Graham Shoal . . . .34 



Cretaceous Terebratula?. By Mr. C. J. A. Meter ...... 34 



Wasium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 



.Sections on the Lewisharn and Timbridge Railway. By Mr. Caleb Evans . 34 



Miscellaneous Notices 36 



Reviews : — 



The School Manual of Geology. By J. Beete Jukes, M.A., F.R.S., Local 



Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland 37 



The Flora of Marlborough. By T. K. Preston 39 



Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Part, I. Yol. CL1II. 1863. . 40 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



Miss E. Hodson ; Lieut.- Colonel Nicols. 



BOOK RECEIVED. 



Address to the Members of the South Shields Geological Club. By George Lyall, 

 F.G.S., President. South Shields : Learmont and Matheson. 1863. 



The Philosophy of Geology : a brief review of the aim, scope, and character of geolo- 

 gical inquiry. Bv David Page, F.R.S.E.. F.G.S. Edinburgh and London: Blackwood. 

 1863. 



pi EOLOGY.— KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. — Professor Ten- 



VJT nant, F.G.S., will give a COURSE OF LECTURES on GEOLOGY, assisted 

 occasionally by the Rev. T. Wiltshire, M.A., F.G.S. , on Wednesday Evenings, from 

 Eight to Nine o' Clock. The First Lecture will be given January 20th; the Course will 

 be continued to Easter. 



A more extended Course will be given on a Wednesday and Friday Morning, from 

 Nine to Ten o'Clock. The First Lecture will be given on Wednesday, 27th ; the Course 

 will be continued to the end of May. 



R. W. JELF, D.D V Peincipai. 



