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method of nomenclature and denote the zones by letters or by 

 numbers rather than by fossil names. 



The o-et-up of the paper, as one mig-ht have expected, is in 

 every way excellent. It runs to 100 pag'es and is well illustrated 

 with photographs of the sections, overlaid in most cases with 

 transparent keys showing- the divisions of the beds. The map 

 and the diag"rams of the coast sections at the end of the paper 

 are by Mr. C. D. Sherborn, and strangers to the coast will find 

 them very useful. 



In his concluding remarks Dr. Rowe refers in a very kindly 

 manner to the geologists he met with in East ^'orkshire, and 

 has many pleasant things to say about them, such as the 

 following : — ' It is a novelty to meet with any local geologists in 

 the course of our work, and our stay in Yorkshire has been 

 rendered by contrast all the more pleasant by reason of the kind 

 and generous treatment which we have received at the hands of 

 the members of the Hull Geological Society. They have acted 

 as our guides to this coast, freely lent fossils, and given all 

 information in their power.' And again, when referring to the 

 large model of Flamborough Head made by Mr. Sherborn to 

 illustrate the paper, he says : ' W^e have presented this model to 

 the Municipal Museumi of Hull as a small token of our gratitude 

 to the members of the Geological Society of that city.' We can 

 assure Dr. Rowe that this feeling is strongly reciprocated, and 

 that our gratitude to him for his valuable paper is deeply felt 

 and heartily acknowledged. 



Helix lamellata, etc., near Scarborough.— In the concho- 

 logical report of the recent excursion of the Yorkshire naturalists 

 to the moors north of Scarborough, it is stated that search was 

 made for Helix lamellata without success. It may therefore be 

 worth recording that I took some live examples in that district 

 yesterday, 13th June, not, however, upon Luzula, but in the 

 habitat usually given for the species — dead holly leaves. This 

 tiny shell has a curiously misty outline, owing to the lamellae 

 that adorn it. I have not seen this appearance alluded to in 

 any mention of the shell, but it affords an easy method of 

 identifying the species in the field even without a glass. Helix 

 lamellata was accompanied by a large quantity of Zonites fidvus, 

 Helix rotundata , and Pupa umhilicata, and a few^ Helix aculeata^ 

 Zonites parns, and 'Vertigo pygjucea. — W. C. Hey, West Ayton, 

 14th June 1904. 



1904 July I. 



