CONTENTS. 



Page 



The Primary Translation of the Earth. By the Editor 201 



Fossil Birds. By the Editor 204 



On the Glacial Drift of Furness, Lancashire. By Miss E. Hodgson . . .209 

 Correspondence : — 



On the Outer Tegument of a Section of the Genus Trigonia. By John 



Ltcett, M.D 217 



On the Nebular Theory. By Thos. Oallaspie 218 



Colonial Geology : — 



Leaves from my Australian Notebook. By Thomas Harbison, of Melbourne. 

 No. II.— The Eocene Beds of Schnapper Point 220 



Proceedings of Geological Societies : — 



Geological Society 223 



Notes and Queries : — 



The Measurement of Heights by the Aneroid 227 



Tertiary Mammalia and Shells 230 



Errata in Fossil Birds 230 



Errata 230 



Fossil Flora of the Kothliegenden in Bohemia. By Franz Posepny . . 231 

 Current Classification of Fossil Sponges. By the Editor .... 232 



Coal Beds of the Nottingham Collieries 232 



Earthquake in Surrey . . . 233 



Reviews : — 



Notes on the Geology and Mineralogy of the Provinces of Spanish Santandar and 



Madrid. By W. K. Sullivan, Ph.D., and J. P. O'Reilly, C.E. . . 234 

 Geological Essays, and Sketch of the Geology of Manchester and the Neigh- 

 bourhood. By John Taylor 236 



Flora of Surrey. By J. A. Brewer ' . . . 237 



Salisbury and South Wilts Museum 238 



Geological Survey of Canada ... ....... 239 



Flora Belfastiensis. By Ralph Tate, F.G.S 239 



Professor Phillips's ' Guide to Geology ' 240 



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