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DRIFT-BEDS OE THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND. 29
2. Localities in which the Shells were pound.
Toxteih Parle. — The whole of these specimens were taken from the
brickfields, and were distributed through the clay. There are thirty
species. Elevation about 120 feet above ordnance datum.
KirTcdale Upper Brickfields. — Most of these specimens were taken
from the clay in the brickfields near to the Kirkdale Industrial Schools,
just above Bootle-Lane Station. Level about 125 feet above 0. D.
(16 species).
KirTcdale Lower Brickfields. — These occurred in the brickfields
between the latter place and Sandhills Station. The shells are very
sparsely distributed through the clay (9 species).
Bootle-Lane Station. — These shells, though belonging to the same
locality as the last two, were taken from the railway-cutting, where
the distinction of beds could be observed. The upper beds correspond
with the beds of the Kirkdale brickfields. The shells of the lower
bed were collected for me mostly by one of the men working at the
excavations. Surface about 120 feet above 0. D. 14 species in Lower
clay, 8 in Upper clay.
Booth Northern Outlet Seiver. — Surface-levels are between the 25
and 50 feet contours. The shells were all picked by me from the
clay thrown out of the excavations. It was pretty rich in shells.
To all appearance the bed was like the preceding brick-clays. A nest
of decomposed greenstone boulders occurred at one spot. No. of
species, 26.
Garston. — These were picked promiscuously out of the railway-
cutting and dock excavations. Those from the dock were below high-
water mark (9 species).
River Dee. — Taken from the face of sea-cliff between Dawpool and
West Kirby, 9 species. Mr. Mackintosh has given a list of fifteen
species from the lower Boulder-clay, thirteen of which I have marked
A in this column

the other two species are Scrobicularia alba and
uncommon in our Scottish glacial clays, raised beaches, and in the present
surrounding seas.
In sample of bed No. 4 there were one Echinus-plate and some small pieces
of Polyzoa, Salicornaria.
FORAMINIFEKA.
1. Biloculina ringens, Lamk. 9. Bulimina pupoides, IP Orb.
2. Quinqueloculina seminulum, Linn. 10. Discorbina rosacea, If Orb.
3. Ferussacii, If Orb. 11. Truncatulina lobatula, Walker.
4. Lagena sulcata, W. 8c J. 12. Eotalia Beccarii, Linn.
5. globosa, Mont. 13. Polystomella crispa, Linn.
6. marginata, Mont. 14. striato-punctata, F. 8c M.
7. squamosa, Mont. 15. Nonionina asterizans, F. 8c M.
8. Polymorphina cornpressa, L'Orb. 16. ■ depressula, W. 8c J.
This last species is the prevailing form

Lagena sulcata, Polystomella striato-
punctata, and Nonionina depressula are moderately common

the others are
represented by ones and twos

none exceeds