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BRITISH. Bituminous schists of Gamrie, Caithness, etc., with numerous fish. BRITISH. Arbroath paving-stones, with Cephalaspis and Pterygotus. FOREIGN. Oriskany sandstone of Western Canada and New York. BRITISH. Upper Ludlow formation, Downton sandstone, with bone-bed. FOREIGN. Niagara limestone, with Calymene, Homalonotus, etc. BRITISH. Bala and Caradoc beds.
They were afterwards described by Agassiz, and the rocks containing them were examined by Sir R. Murchison and Professor Sedgwick, in Caithness, Cromarty, Moray, Nairn, Gamrie in Banff, and the Orkneys and Shetlands, in which great numbers of fossil fish have been found.
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