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and bones exhibited by him, was composed of material like that 
submitted to me. But even if we knew that the whole of it was 
of the same character we could not make any trustworthy esti- 
mate of the time consumed in its formation. It must sutlice 
that we can with some certainty trace these sticks and bones. 
well back into the Quaternary period, because of their position 
beneath this diatomaceous deposit in a post-glacial basin.” 
CHARLES F. Cox. 
Professor Scott, of Princeton College, sends the following re- 
port in regard to the cannon bones: “ They consist of two frag- 
ments of the metatarsus of deer, which probably represent two 
species. Neither one agrees altogether with any deer with which 
I have been able to compare them, (e. g. Cervalces, Megaceros. 
Alces, Cervus Canadensis), though the larger one is not unlike 
the elk or wapiti. The material is, however, too scanty for the 
formation of new species. 
When the opportunity was offered for the exhibition of speci- 
mens, Mr. C. L. Pollard presented some fossil leaves of Creta- 
ceous age, from Eaton’s Neck, L. I., with the following notes : 
In his paper on ‘‘The Clays of New York State and their 
economic Value,” printed in the Transactions of the Academy 
for December, 1892, Vol. XII., Mr. Heinrich Ries mentions. 
among other clay outcrops on Long Island, a bed of stoneware 
clay on Elm Point. This clay pit is between 30 and 40 feet 
deep, overlaid with 15 to 20 feet of yellow gravel and drift. At 
the base of it, along the shore, detached fragments of shaly sand- 
stone have been discovered, containing plant remains similar to 
those found hitherto at Glen Cove. This is the first instance 
in which fossil leaves have been found so far west on the north 
shore of the island. The fragments are water-worn, with smooth 
edges, showing that they have not been broken off from any 
underlying fossiliferous stratum. Moreover, as we penetrate 
into the clay itself, no trace of these fragments can be found, 
neither do they seem to occur at a greater distance than 300 
yards along the beach on either side of the clay pit. While the 
remains are somewhat fragmentary, the following species have 
been recognized: Liriodendron simpler, Newb.; Diospyros: 
