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bed under the boulder-clay at Boiling river, Manitoba, 

 which are noticed in Professor Penhallow's paper. They 

 were accompanied with fresh- water shells of the following 

 species, determined by Mr. Whiteaves, F.G.S., Palaeontolo- 

 gist to the Geological Survey of Canada : 



Lymnea catascopium ?, variety with very short spire. 



Vcdvata tricarinata, and a keelless variety. 



Amnicola porata ? 



Planorbis parvus ? 



P. bicarinatus. 



Pisidium abditum. 



Sphcerium striatinum. 



With these was the centrum of a vertebra of a small fish. 



Dr. G. M. Dawson has also found fragments of wood at 

 Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, in boulder-clay, 

 associated with shells of Lcda, etc. 



As elsewhere stated, at Kiver Inhabitants, in Cape 

 Breton, there is an indurated peat with brandies of 

 Taxus and remains of swamp plants below the boulder-clay. 



The whole of the above collections have been placed in 

 the hands of Prof, Penhallow, of McGill University, for 

 revision and determination, and his results have been 

 published in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of 

 America, Vol. I., to which reference may be made for 

 details. 



The whole number of Canadian species has thus been 

 raised to 33, as follows : 



1. Asiminsi trildba, Dunal. Don River, Toronto (Townsend). 



2. Brasenia peltata, Pursh. Green's Creek nodules (Miller). 



3. Drosera rotundifolia, L. Green's Creek, Ottawa (J. W. Dawson).* 



* Collection of Sir William Dawson in Peter Redpath Museum. 



