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The writer arrived in Hamilton in early autumn and collected in 

 this region for two weeks. Later he moved to Cazenovia where he 

 was joined by Dr. Edwin Kirk of the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey and the two collected togther for one week from several famous 

 localities. Pratts and Delphi Falls (see fig. 16) were visited in 

 order to secure fossils from the Skaneateles formation, and for the 

 Ludlowville and Moscow fossils Earlville and Georgetown were 

 visited. At Hamilton collections were made from the quarry just 

 south of the buildings of Colgate University. It is well known for its 

 yield of starfishes and other rare echinoderms as well as peculiar types 

 of clams and brachiopods. (See figs. 17 and 18.) Doctor Kirk and the 

 writer obtained a splendid collection from this place, including some 

 of the rare echinoderms. 



Fig. 18. — University Quarry on campus of Colgate University. 



The Tully limestone was also of interest and was visited for the 

 purpose of making collections. In the Cazenovia, Morrisville, and 

 Norwich quadrangles it consists of about 20 feet of argillaceous lime- 

 stone. Across the Chenango Valley, at West Brook, 3 miles south of 

 Sherburne (on the New Berlin sheet, adjacent to the eastern edge 

 of the Norwich sheet), there is a predominance of silty shale and sand. 

 Some of the shale beds abound in good fossils. Collections were 

 obtained alike from limestone and shale in the vicinity of George- 

 town, Fabius, and Sherburne. The collecting trip was culminated by 

 a visit to Palmers gully in Unadilla Valley about 16 miles east of 

 Hamilton where some fine crinoids were obtained. In all, more than 

 2,500 specimens of fossils were added to the Museum's collection as 

 a result of three weeks' work. 



