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indicates that local tradition does not in this instance sustain the view 

 expi'essed by Mr. Odium, that these high-water levels may have existed 

 only a thousand years ago. 



LIST OF FOSSILS FKOM OTTAWA AND VICINITY. 



Henry M. Ami, B.A., Second Assistant Palaeontologist to the 

 Geological Survey of Canada. 



Read 7th January, 1884- 



introduction. 



In order to bring together in as systematic and compact a form as 

 possible the numerous species representing the fauna of the Palaeozoic 

 and other rocks about Ottawa — heretofore scattered in the various 

 palseontological publications of the Geological Survey of Canada, and 

 chiefly from the pen of the late Mr. E. Billings — it has been deemed 

 advisable to catalogue the same. 



The list is a purely local one, and is intended merely as a basis for 

 future operations in this locality. 



Valuable assistance was obtained from the elaborate collections 

 made by officers of the survey daring years past, especially those of the 

 late Messrs. E. Billings and James Richardson. Only those species 

 which are of local interest appear in the list. The number of these 

 has been considerably increased by the subsequent researches of Messrs. 

 T. C. Weston, Walter E,. Billings and A. H. Foord, F.G.S., as also by 

 the evidence obtained after five seasons' collecting in this locality by the 

 writer. 



The species are classed under the respective formations to which 

 they belong. 



It has been deemed neither requisite nor even advisable to refer 

 the species and genera to sub-orders and families, seeing that at present 

 so much diversity of opinion exists on the subject. Only the class 

 under which the generic and specific names appear is mentioned, and 

 will, no doubt, prove quite sufficient for all purposes. 



