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Crocodile, from the lias at Whitby, 1 which has been for 
some time in the hands of Mr. Conybeare, who has cleared 
away the matrix, and developed the bones. A similar 
improvement has been bestowed on a portion of the lower 
jaw of the same animal from the coralline oolite of Malton, 3 
by another eminent Member of the Society, 3 whose masterly 
chisel sometimes leaves the works of Art, to lend its aid to 
Science. 
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The Yorkshire collection has also been enriched by an 
extensive suite of fossils, 4 containing some new crustaceous 
kinds, from the grey shale near the base of Scarbro’ Cliff, 
which Mr. Smith has identified with the Oxford Clay ; and 
a series has been placed in the Museum, 5 illustrative of the 
course of the strata from the Humber to Northallerton, and 
including characteristic specimens from the Kimmeridge 
clay, the Kelloways rock, the inferior oolite, and the lias. 
But the most valuable geological present which the Society 
has received, is a map of the north-eastern part of York¬ 
shire, in which Mr. Smith has laid down with accuracy his 
recent discoveries. He has, at the same time, announced his 
expectation of completing, in a short time, his description of 
the whole county, on the excellent sheets lately published by 
Mr. Cary ; and proposes to accompany his map with a work 
comprising a detail of the numerous observations on which 
1 Presented by Mr. Bird. 2 Presented by Mr. Pickering. 
3 F. Chantrey, Esq. F.R.S. & R.A. 4 Presented by Mr. Dunn and Mr. Bean. 
0 By the President and Mr, Phillips. 
