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Mastodon and other
gigantic quadrupeds
at, 157.

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Bigsby, Dr.,

on the

Erratics of North
America, 219.

Binfield, Messrs., dis-
covery of Wealden
insects by, 523.
Binney, Mr. E. W., on
Aerolites, 52; on
Permian rocks of
Scotland, 555;
the Permian rocks,
563.
Binstead, fresh-water
tertiary shells at,
249.
Birds-eye

on

limestone

of America, 821.
Birds, different forms
of feet of, 146.
Birds, fossil, 257, 452,
520, 534.
Bischof, Prof., on the

origin of rocks, 883.
Bison priscus, 133.
Bitumen, 722, 723.
Bitumenite, 718.
Blainville, M., on Zoo-

phytes, 603.

Blankenburg,

plants
from Chalk-strata at,

329.

Blende, 900, 908.
Blomfield, Dr. Charles

James, quoted, 29.
Blue-John of Derby-
shire, 696.
Boghead-coal, 718.
Bognor, marine eocene
shells at, 247, 249.
Bognor rocks, 241.
Bohemia, plants from
Chalk-strata of 329;
Silurian rocks of,
819.
Boiling springs, 97.
Bolney, in Sussex,
oxide of iron near,
$3.

Wight, Clathraria

from, 328.
Bone-caverns in Eng-
land, 179.
Bone-conglomerate,

185.
Bone-bed of the Lias,

523, 561.
Bones, microscopical
examination of, 453;
diseased, of carnivo-
ra, found in caverns,
184.

Bonn, geology of, 282.
Bony-scale fish, De-
vonian, 797.
Boron, 849.
Bos longifrons, 133,
134; primigenius,
133.
Bosquet, M., on the
Cretaceous and Ter-
tiary Entomostraca,
350; on the Ento-
mostraca of the
Wealden, 418.
Botanical epochs, 776.
Bottom-rocks, 823.
Boué, M., on the salt-
mines of Galicia,
289.
Boughton Malherbe,
near Maidstone, jaw
and bones of a hyena
in a fissure in Kent-
ish Rag at, 182.
Boulder near Mount
Sinai, 218.
Boulder of granite in
the Chalk, 973.
Boulders, erratic, 214.
Bourgueticrinus
the Chalk, 663.
Bournemouth,
remains in Eocene
strata at, 245.
Bovey Tracey in De-
vonshire, tertiary
brown-coal at, 245.

of

plant-

Bowerbank, Mr. J. S.,
his collection of fos-
sils,584; on the origin
of flints, 307, 730;
on the fossil fruits
of the London Clay,
233; microscopical
examination of bones
of birds and reptiles
by, 453; on sponges
602.
Brachiopoda, 601.
Bracklesham Bay,241;
marine eocene shells
at, 247; mandibles
of Chimæroid fish at,
255.

Bradford Clay, 503.
Brain-coral, 626.
Brandt, M., on Phyto-

zoa, 600.
Bray Head, Ireland,
823.
Breithaupt, Prof. A.,
on the paragenesis
of minerals, 909.
Brickenden, Capt. L.,
discovery. of jaw of
Iguanodon by, 440.
Brighton and London
Railway section,
373.
Brighton Cliffs, 113;
coast, mutations of,
460; geological phe-
nomena between
London and, 372;
raised sea-beach at,
112.
Bristowe, Mr., on the
strata at Alum-Bay,
239.

British Channel, bed of
the, 69.
Brodie, the Rev. P. B.,
on fossil insects, 403,
419, 422, 523, 529;
discovery of Entomo-
straca near Dinton,
419; Leptolepis dis-
covered by, 424; on

fish-remains in the
Keuper, 551; on
Purbeck insects,
387.
Brodie, Mr. W., and
Mr. S. Beckles, dis-
covery of remains of
reptiles and mam-
mals in the Purbeck
beds, by, 394.
Bromley, shell-conglo-
merate at, 231.
Bromsgrove, Bunter-
sandstone of, 551.
Brongniart, Adolphe,
on the plant-remains
at Hoer, 387; on
fossil plants, 548,
710, 737, 739, 743.
Bronn's Lethæa Geog-
nostica, referred to,
256, 740.
Brook Point, fossil trees

of the Wealden at,
390.
Brook Point to Shal-
comb Down, section
from, 389.
Brown-coal, at Wool-
wich in Kent, Corfe
in Dorset, Bovey
Tracey in Devon-
shire, and in France,
the Netherlands,
Germany, &c., 245;
of the Rhine, 283.
Brown, Dr. S., on Si-
lex, 727.
Bryozoa, 600, 601, 611;
in chalk, 329, 331;
Carboniferous, 762;
Silurian, 824; re-
marks on the no-
menclature of the,
600.
Bryson, Mr., on dia-
tomaceæ in slate-
rocks, 918, 953.
Bubalus moschatus,

133.

Buckland, Rev. Dr.,

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Mountain Lime-
stone, 693; of An-
glesea, 904; period,
925; rocks of De-
vonshire, 696; se-
ries, 670, 672; se-
ries of North Ameri-
ca, 705; slate of
Ireland, 673; trees
and plants, 752.
Carburetted hydrogen,
722.

Carcharias megalodon,
225.

Carcharodon, teeth of,
in Crag, 255.
Carnivora (fossil) in

caverns, 175; Osteo-
logy of, 139.

Carpolites

Mantelli,

Brong., 412;
Smithiæ, from Chalk
in Kent, 329
Carrara marble, 895
Carved-scale fish, De-
vonian, 797.
Caryocystites, 825.
Caryophyllia, 623.
Cashmere, buried tem-
ple in, 961.
Castle Hill, Newhaven,
115, 238, 240.
Catenipora, Silurian,
820, 824.

Catt, Mr. Henry, re-
ferred to, 487.
Cautley, Col. Sir Pro

by T., on the fossil
Zoology of the Se-
walik Hills, in the
North of India, 163.
Cave of Gaylenreuth,
in Germany, 176.
Cavern of Banwell,
183.

fossil

Caverns, 77;
carnivora in, 175;
in England, 466; of
the Brazils, 179;
ossiferous, 174.
Caves, carbonic acid
gas in, 80.
Ceciliadæ, 553.
Cells and cell-struc-
ture, 608.
Celsius quoted, 116.
Cellulosæ, 609.
Cephalopoda, Carboni-
ferous, 763; Creta-
ceous, 342; Devo-
nian, 792; Jurassic,
528; Silurian, 826.
Cephalaspis, Devonian,

794; Silurian, 832.
Ceratiocaris, Silurian,
827.

Cerithium giganteum,
249;
lamellosum,
247; of the Oolite,
499.
Cestracion, or Port

Jackson shark, 355.
Cestracionts, 770.
Cetaceans in Cretace-

ous formation, 325.
Cetiosauri of the Oolite,
497.

Cetiosaurus of the
Wealden, 427.
Cette, osseous breccia
at, 188.
Chain-coral, 651, 820,
824.
Chalcedony, 886.
Chaldni on aerolites,52.

Chalk, animalculites of
the, 321; at Beachy
Head, 302; boulder
of granite in the,
973; bryozoa of,
329; cephalopoda of,
342; chelonian rep-
tiles in, 367; com-
position of, 304;
crinoidea of, 336;
crustaceans of, 348;
echinites and spines
from, 338; fishes of,
359; foraminifera of,
305; formation of,
300; fossils of, 310;
fossil sponges in,329;
in Antrim, Ireland,
302, 894; marine
flora of, 327; meta-
morphosed, 895; nu-
cleolites from, 338;
of Dover Cliffs and
South of England,
302; reptiles of the,
366; Rosalinæ of the,
332; shells of the,
340;
star-fishes of
the, 337; teeth of
sharks in, 354; with
flints, 301; Zoology
of the, 481; zoo-
phytes of, 320.
Chalk-detritus, at Cha-
ring, 335; method
of procuring and
cleansing the fossils
of the, 336.
Chalk-downs, 303.
Chalk-dust, highly
magnified, 305.
Chalk-formation, 201;
at Pondicherry
(Southern India),
302; geographical
extent of, 302; mid-
dle and lower groups
of, 314; organic re-
mains of, 323; sub-
divisions of, 301.
Chalk-marl, 301, 314;

analysis of, by Mr.
Gladstone, 314.
Chalk-strata, vertical,
at Handfast Point,
395.

Chalybeate hill at Hove,

241.
Changes of level, causes
of, 109.
Chara, 407; seed-ves-
sels of, from Aix,
267.
Characters of succes-
sive fossil faunæ,

928; fossil floræ,

ib.
Charing, chalk-detritus
at, 335.
Charlesworth, Mr. E.,
on the Leiodon, 309;
on the Crag, 223.
Charnwood Forest,
902.
Chazy limestone of
America, 821.
Cheese-wring of Corn-
wall, 901.
Cheiracanthus, 797.
Cheirolepis, 797.
Cheirotherian reptiles,
771.
Cheirotherium, 556.
Chelone Bellii, 427;
Benstedi, from chalk,
368; costata, 427;
Mantelli, 427.
Chelonian foot-tracks
in the Devonian,570,
574, 797; in the
millstone-grit, 693;
in the Permian, 555,
575.
Chelonian reptiles,573;
in chalk, 367; in the
Wealden, 427.
Cheltenham waters,
544.
Chemical agencies, ef-
fects of,931; changes,
877.
Chichester Cathedral,

polished columns of
Purbeck marble,
416.
Chili, elevation of the

coast of, 111.
Chilian coast, Mrs. So-
merville on the ele-
vation of the, 112.
Chimæra, 355,
Chimæroid fish, from
Bracklesham, 255;
from chalk, 356.
Chimborazo, height of,
35

Chimting Castle, near
Seaford, 241.
Chlorophane, 696.
Choanites Konigi, 329;
in flints in Russia,
322.
Choropotamus, 262.
Choke-damp, 721.
Chondrites Bignorien-
sis, 328.
Chronological arrange-
ment of the strata,
199.
Chronology of moun-
tain-chains,918, 919.
Cidarides, Jurassic,
550.

Cidaris from the Chalk,
338; of the Oolite,
499.
Cilia, 605.
Cilio-brachiata, or Bry-
ozoa, 600.
Cladyodon, 553.
Clarke, Rev. W. B.,

referred to, 708.
Classification of fishes,
351, 352; of forma-
tions, 200; of plants,
734; of strata, 37;
of the Tertiary,
210; of Carbonifer-
ous rocks, 674; of
coal-plants, 735; of
Silurian and Cam-
brian strata, 801;
of the Cretaceous

rocks, 301; of the
Devonian rocks, 783,
785, 787; of the
Jurassic rocks, 490;
of the Permian
rocks, 536, 562; of
the Tertiary rocks,
215; of the Triassic
rocks, 536.
Clathraria, a petiole of,
411; from Bon-
church, 328; Lyellii,
408-411.
Claws of a fossil Her-
mit-crab from Maes-
tricht, 350.
Clay-beds of Kim-
meridge, 497.
Clay-slate, 897.
Clent Hills, structure
of the, 811.
Clermont, view of the
environs of, describ-
ed, 274.
Cliffs, of St. Calogero,
845; at Straithaird,
897.

Climate of the Palæo-
zoic ages, 772.
Climate and seasons
indicated by fossil
wood, 713.
Clinkstone, 888.
Clinton rocks, 821.
Cliona, Silurian, 823.
Clymenien-Kalk, 785.
Coal, 912; in peat-
bogs, 66; in Tertiary,
265; in Tertiary of
the Rhine, 283; of
New Zealand, 708;
of the Wealden, 405.
Coal-bearing Oolite of
Brora, 517; of the
Oolite, 513.
Coalbrook Dale, 677.
Coal-field of Derby-
shire, 677.
Coal-fields of Eastern
Virginia, 518.
Coal-measures,

675;

originating in sub-
merged lands, 759;
upright trees in the,
686.
Coal-plants, 733.
Coal-seams, thick, 683.
Coal-shale, 676.
Coal-shales and veget-
able remains, 691.
Coals, of Secondary

age, 672,
Coccosteus decipiens,
796.
Coffee-plant of Ber-
muda, 84.

Coins in conglomerate,
81, 82.

Cole, Mr., on the skin
of Ichthyosaur, 579.
Colima, 871.
Collyweston tilestones,
516.
Colossochelys, bones of
the, 164.
Columbia River, sub-

merged forest in,404.
Columnar structure,

889.

Comatulæ, or feather-

stars, 655.

Combe-rock of Brigh-
ton, 79, 113.
Comparative anatomy,

of the

137.
Comparison
Stonesfield and
Wealden fossils,510.
Conchifera, 212.
Cone, from Kent, 412.

from Pippingford,
Sussex, 412; from
the Isle of Purbeck,
412.
Cones of Zamiostrobus
from Sandown Bay,
412.
Conferva, 609.
Conglomerate, or pud-
ding-stone, 214.

Conglomerates of the
Trias, 546.

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Coniferæ, 547, 735; Corda, M., referred to, Cretaceous (or Chalk)

fossil fruits of, 412.
Conservative effects of
lava-currents, 859.
Consolidation of loose
sand, 79, 101; by
iron, 81.
Contortions of crys-
talline rocks, 885.
Conybeare, Rev. W.,
on Plesiosaur, 577;
on the magnesian
conglomerate, 564.
Conybeare, Rev. W.,
and W. Phillips's
Geology of England
and Wales, referred
to, 230, 494.
Copper, 849, 907, 908,
910.
Copper-bearing shale,
913.

of

Copper-ores, 904, 912.
Copper-pyrites, 900.
Coprolites, 359;
Macropoma, 358.
Coral-islands, 638; for-
mation of, 639.
Corallaria, 621.
Corallina officinalis,
601.
Coralline limestone,
652, 821, 905.
Coralline marbles, 652.
Corallium rubrum,630.
Coral-rag, 497.

Coral-reefs, 636; of
Loo Choo, 637.
Coral-sand of Bahamas,
85.
Corals, 618; appear-
ance of living, 634;
carboniferous, 762;
geographical distri-
bution of, 632; in
Chalk, 330; in the
Maestricht beds,330;
Jurassic, 649; Pa-
læozoic, 649; Upper
Silurian, 820; Silu-
rian, 823

710.

Corfe in Dorset, brown-

coal at, 245.
Cornbrash, 501.
Cornu-ammonis, 344.
Cornulites, 825.
Cornwall, formation of
recent sandstone in,
91; palæozoic rocks
of, 804; logan-
stones of, 95.
Corsican granite, 901.
Corundum, 905.
Cotopaxi, 872.
Cotteswold Hills, 504.
Country of the Iguano-
don, 453, 486.
Coves in the south-west
of the Isle of Pur-
beck, 395.
Crab, fossil, from Malta,
254.
Crag, deposits of, 223;
fluvio-marine, 224;
lacustrine beds of,
224; mammalifer-
ous, 224; Mr.
Charlesworth on the,
223; Norwich, 224;
shells of, 224; sub-
divisions of, 224;
Suffolk or lower-
most, 224; upper or
Red, 224; Mastodon
of the, 965; Mr. S.
V. Wood, on the
fossils of the, 224.
Crater of Puy de Come,
273; Puy de Dome,
273.
Craters, of Auvergne,
852;
of elevation,

847; of eruption,

846.
Craufurd, Mr., collec-
tion of teeth and
bones, 161.
Cray-fish, 349.
Credner's, Herr, col-

lection of rocks, 903.

or-

formation, 201; of
England, 300;
ganic remains, 201;
period, 924; strata,
geographical distri-
bution of, 322; strata
near Maestricht de-
scribed, 318.
Cretaceous period, 324.
Crinoidea, 654; in

re-

Chalk, 336; of the
Oolite,528; structure
of the, 655; Silurian,
823; Carboniferous,
762; Devonian,
792; Triassic, 549.
Crocodiles, 575;
mains of, in clay
near Lymington,
257; teeth of, from
the Chalk at Meu-
don, 366.
Crocodilian reptile
from Tilgate Forest,
429.
Crocodilian reptiles,
fossil teeth of, 429;
of the Wealden, 428.
Cross, Mr. Andrew, on
the formation of
crystals by galvan-
ism, 906.
Crustacea, Mollusca,
and Crinoidea of the
Trias, 549.
Crustaceans and fishes
of the London Clay,
253; and insects of
the Oolite, 529;
Carboniferous, 766;
fossil, 417; of the
Chalk, 348; of the
Devonian series,
792; of the Wealden,
418; Silurian, 827.
Crystallization defined,
195.
Crystal Palace Gar-
dens, models of ex-
tinct mammals and

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