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lately gathered at one of the outcrops near Bairnsdale, and now 

 await examination. 



A few forms can be easily made out, but others are obscure, 

 and can only be determined by means of plaster moulds, which 

 we have not yet had time to prepare. We tlierefore abstain just 

 now from oftering any opinion upon the actual relationship of 

 these ferruginous beds to those discussed in the present paper, 

 though we hope to be in a position to place our views before the 

 Society at an early date.' 



Allusion has already been made to outcrops of the miocene 

 between Swan Reach and Bairnsdale. The most westerly of 

 these is on the roadside close to the Nicholson River. But few 

 fossils could be found, and all were very friable. They comprise 

 the following species : — 



Bullinella paucilineata. Nuculana aft'. N. Woodsii. 



Turritella tristira. Tellina ;equilatera. 



Dentalium sp. • CuculUva corioensis. 



Chione sp. Trigonia acuticostata. 



Corbula ephamilla. Cardita spinulosa? 



Cidaris sp. (spines). 



At Slaughterhouse Creek, about half way between the Nichol- 

 son and Tambo, the following were gathered, but they were also 

 vei'y poorly preserved : — 



Dentalium sp. Placunanomia ione. 



Ostrea arenicola. Corbula ephamilla. 



Pecten antiaustralis. Waldheimia sp. 



Pecten meringai. 

 And many indeterminable fragments. 



Both of these are insigniticant deposits, and are only men- 

 tioned on account of their position which is apparently just upon 

 the fringe of the Jemmy's Point miocenes. 



Southwards from Swan Reach on the shores of Reeves River 

 at Meringa Creek, and Kalimna, a large collection was made in 

 1890, and these localities need not now be referred to. The 

 other collecting grounds indicated on the map yielded numerous 



1 Since wntiiij^ the above the fossils have been sutticiently examined to enable us to 

 reeoifnise the ferriisjinous beds as miocene. 



