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genera. species.. places.
Belemnite Colin glen and
Donald Hill
Venus? Lin. fragment of Colin glen
Ostrea Crista Galli Ibid.
Ostrea edulis Ibid.
Arca Glycimeris Ibid.
Pecten varia Ibid.
Anomia Ibid.
Ditto Gryphus, two varieties Belfast Mountains
Mytilus Cristal Galli Colin glen
Ditto lithophagus
Lin. Tr. v. 8. p. 6. f. 1
Ibid.
Cardium? Ibid.
Serpula Ibid.
Dentalium hexangalum Ibid.
Pinna lævis? Carrickfergus
Echinus Belfast Mountains


F. Chalk.

The chalk formation in Ireland has hitherto been frequently distinguished by the name of white limestone, its compact texture having, caused those who were acquainted only with the superior beds of the English chalk formation to hesitate in admitting their identity: the occurrence of the cornu ammonis among the fossils of the Irish chalk was also supposed to furnish another distinctive character; in both these circumstances, however, it agrees with the lower beds of the English chalk; further, its geological position, (reposing as it does on the same bed of calcareous sandstone, with chloritic grains, which supports the English chalk) the analogy