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3. Pelican Creek, half a mile above Sonoma road-crossing. 

 — Pachydoimts glohosus occurs here in company with Prod, 

 suhquadratus, bivalves, either Pachydomus or Astartila, and 

 another shell which may be either a Productus or Strophalosia. 



4. Pelican Creek, opposite Palmer's Old Station. — Like the 

 first locality mentioned, we have here again a profusion of 

 Strophalosia Clarkei, accompanied by S. Gerardi (?), and casts 

 of Polyzoa referable to the genus Protorctepora. 



0. Coral Creek, below Sonoma road -crossing. — As the 

 Strophalosicc were predominant at several of the preceding 

 localities, we have their place taken here, so far as regards the 

 number of individuals, by two species of Protorctepora, two 

 well-marked Stenoporm, and numerous Mollusca, such as 

 Spirifera Dariuinii (Morris), Pterinea maeroptera (Morris), 

 Pachydomus carinatus (Morris), Mceonia recta (Dana), Avicic- 

 lopecten limccformis (Morris ?), a shell allied to Allorisma (?) 

 curvcdum (Morris), a Sanguinolites (near S. clava, M'Coy), 

 and a badly-preserved form which may be either Productus 

 or Strophalosia. 



6. Parrot Creek, four and a quarter miles up. — The fauna of 

 localities 1 and 4 is here repeated, except that there are ilo 

 Polyzoa, but, on the other hand, two species of Spirifera, S. 

 convoliita and >S'. Darwinii (Morris). 



7. Stonelur/ijjy Creek. — Here occur Spirifera glabra and 

 Productus hrachythmrus. 



The prevalence of Strophalosia Clarkei in at least two of 

 these localities, and a similar preponderance of Fenestella, Pro- 

 torctepora, and Stenopora at a third appear to be the most 

 striking facts brought out by this grouping of the species in 

 their localities. These data will probably be of some use to 

 us in considering to what position in the Upper Palaeozoic 

 scale the beds yielding them should be assigned. It must be 

 borne in mind that much difference of opinion has existed in 

 the grouping of the Australian and Tasmanian coal-bearing 

 rocks. One party, led by the late Eev. W. B. Clarke, F.E.S., 

 etc., considered the whole series as continuous and of Palaeo- 

 zoic age.* The other party, led by Professor M'Coy, have 



* It must, however, be borne in mind that Mr Clarke modified his views 

 considerably, as regards the upper part of this series, some time before liis death. 



