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report of 
berlandj^ several of which, are undescribed species; with 
those which have been obtained from the same series in 
Craven,® have added considerable information respecting 
the lowest of the fossil-bearing strata. Nevertheless the 
Council beg leave to call the attention of the geological 
members of the Society to the necessity for farther labours 
in this field. The beds of limestone and shale which tra¬ 
verse the w^estern parts of this county have not yet been 
adequately examined; and such labours would probably 
not only enrich the Museum with new and rare specimens, 
but set at rest some important theoretical questions, of which 
a satisfactory solution can only be obtained from closer 
research and a more copious induction of facts. 
Madrepores and crinoidal specimens of great beauty have 
been furnished from the oolitic rocks of Somersetshire and 
Wiltshire,^ and in conjunction with the discoveries of saurian 
teeth, and fish palates in the Forest Marble^ and Cornbrash^ 
of Yorkshire, have supplied additional means of comparing 
the character of the extreme points to which in England 
those strata extend; the Astaci likewise, which have been 
found in the Cornbrash at Scarborough, ® complete the evi¬ 
dence of the close resemblance in all the conchiferous beds 
of that series; and the detection of plants in the Forest 
Marble ^ and in beds intervening between it and the Bath 
Oolite,® the same as those which occur above and below them. 
1 By the Rev. G. Vernon. 2 gy q, preston, Esq. ^ By — Loscombe, Esq. 
^ By F. Cholmeley, Esq. = By Miss Louisa Belcombe. ® Presented by Mr. Dunn. 
’ By Mr. Phillips. ® By the Rev. W'. Vernon. 
