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the Cidaridse of tlic Oolites, with a Description of some New Species 
of that Family.” In 1852, “ Contributions to the Palseontology of the 
Isle of Wight.” 1856, “ Monographs on British Fossil Echino- 
dermata ” ; “ Palaeontographical and Stratigraphical Relations of the 
Sands of the Inferior Oolite.” 1857, “ On the Fossil Echinoderms 
from the Island of Malta.” 1858-9, “ Monographs on the British 
Fossil Echinidia.” 1860, “ The Subdivisions of the Inferior Oolite 
in the South of England.” 1861, “ Fossil Oolitic Asteroidea.” 
1863, “Fossil Echinidse of Malta;” “Ammonites of the Lias 
Formation.” “ On the Fossils from the Middle Lias of 
Dumbleton.” 1864 — 67, “British Fossil Ecliinodermata 
from the Cretaceous Formations.” 1866, “ On Coral Reefs, Present 
and Past.” 1867, “Monograph on the Oolitic Ophiuroidea.” 1869, 
“ On the Correlation of the Triassic Rocks of the Cote d’Or and the 
Cotteswold Hills.” 1875, “On the Geological and Palaeontological 
Characters of the Country around Bristol,” being his Presidential 
Address to the Geological Section of the British Association at the 
Bristol Meeting. 1878, “The Lias Ammonites of the British Islands,” 
Part I.—IV. 1882, “ The Cretaceous Ecliinodermata,” completed. 
1883, “ The Lias Ammonites,” completed. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND 
MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 
ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE. 
The Annual Conversazione of this Society was given in the Town 
Hall, Birmingham, on November 4th. There was the usual large 
display of microscopes on the floor of the Hall; beneath these, in 
number over sixty, there were exhibited a series of objects illustrating 
the “Short Synopsis of Natural History” which has recently been 
published by the Society. Among these objects were the following:— 
Mr. E. H. Wagstaff exhibited Amoeba proteus and various infusoria, 
including Spirostomum ambiguam and Bursaria tmncatella; Messrs. J. 
Udall and A. J. Webb, Polycistina ; Mr. A. C. Goode, Sea Soundings 
of “ Challenger” Expedition ; Mr. J. T. Blakemore, Spongilla fiuviatilis 
and Cristatella mucedo; Mr. W. R. Hughes, Sponges, Hydroids, Echino¬ 
derms, and Polyzoa; Messrs. E. de Hamel and W. G. Davy (of 
Tamworth), Hydroc; Mr. Rabone, Hydra fusca , Stephanoceros , and 
Lopliopus crystallinus; Mr. J. Levick, Carchesium polypinum and 
Notouimata aurita; Mr. H. Hassall, Sida crystallina ; Mr. J. F. Goode, 
Daphnia pulex; Mr. W. Graham, Larva of Crab, and a Hydroid, 
Campamilana, with expanded polyps; Mr. H. J. Sayer, Head of Wasp; 
Mr. H Miller, English Diamond Beetle and section of Echinus Spine; 
