270 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Yol. vii. 



equalities of its deposition or from denuding: agents at work 

 afterwards, or from a combination of both. Viewing the Post- 

 pliocene in this locality as a whole in its resemblance to that of 

 the St. Lawrence on the one side and to that of St. John on the 

 other, we may, perhaps, regard it, as suggested by Mr. Matthew, 

 ^as a connecting link between the two. I may sum up the fossils 

 4;hus far obtained in the followin2; list : 



Radiata. 

 Echinoidea. — Eury echinus Drohachiensis. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Xamellibranchiata. — Saxicava rugosa (et var. arctica) ; Myct, 

 truncata (var. Uddev aliens is) ; M. arenaria (^etjuvenis) ; Maco- 

 Tiia Groenlandica ; M. calcarea ; AjyJirodite Grcenlandica (et 

 Jitvenis) ; Cryptodon Gouldii ; Mytilus edulis ; Nucula tenuis ; 

 N, expansa ; Leda pernula ; L. glacial is , L. tninuta ; L, 

 limatula.^ 



Gasteropoda. — Bela turricula (Gould); Trophon scalariforme ; 

 JsRitica claiisa ;-f Buccinum undatum ; B. cyaneum ; B.Groen- 

 la/ndicum ; B.tenue; Fusiis tornatus. 



Articulata. 

 Annulata. — 2 varieties of Spirorhis, 



Besides these I have obtained tHe following plant remains: 

 ■Zostera marina^ rhizomat i of Equisetitm, and fragments of 

 grasses. 



Further examination, by more skilled observers, would doubt- 

 Jess be fruitful of greater results, but what has been done may 

 serve to direct attention to a locality hitherto uninvestigated. 



Before closino; let me state that I am much indebted to Dr. 

 Dawson and Mr. Matthew for assistance in the determination of 

 "the fossils. 



* Ostrea was found by a workman on the railway, and afterwards 

 shewn to me. He assured me that he himself picked it out about 16 

 ■ft. (I think) below the surface. Lest, however, there should be some 

 doubt as to its not having fallen into the cut from the surface, I have 

 not inserted it in the list, although I think it might be inserted with 

 a question after it. 



t Natica heros. I have seen a specimen of this shell said to have 

 "been obtained here, but I have not inserted it in the list, because I 

 v-did not find it myself. It has been found in the next county. 



