plklstolhnk fossils. 2( 



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lianlt, and rt'c/un u/irhiiitiis of Kmycr ami (Sill. I feel coiiviiiccil, 

 also, that it iinist Ik; tlic Cnffns f/nhii) i)f I''al)ric'ius, thonj^h tliis in 

 iiHiially iilontilicd witli ('. {(ii/ninurdiit/nis] frininjiis of IxcinliardI, a 

 very (list iiiet Hpwnes. Cotdis inirimifns occurs in (lironlaiul .iiid in 

 dct'pcr water as far Hontli ax N'rw I'liiijland, according to dordan, who 

 (creates foi' it a new gcnuM (Artctliilhix).* 



The total length of th(! HjK^ciincn willioul the caudal tin, wldcli is 

 absent, is four inclu!H, of w Inch tiu! iujad measures one inch. It helongs 

 to the (•ojh'ctionof Mr. Stewart, 'i'lie othei-and less perfect s|)ecimens, 

 wiiicii I refiM' U» tiie same species, are in tiic I'eter Kedpalh Museum. 



Ci/cloptii'iis III 1)1 pits. Linn. 



'i'lie lump sucker occurs in nodides at tl>e same place, 



(uistcroKti iiH iiriilciitiUH .' L. 



In nodules at the same place;, found Ity SherilT Dickson. It closely 

 resendiles the two-spined stickleback of tlie (iulf .St. Lawrence, but is 

 not sutiiciently perfect for detailed description. 



Sitlmo suhn'? Linn. 



Fossil — A head apparently ri'fcrable to this species in a nodule from 

 (Joose River, norlli .shore of i{iver St. Lawrence. 



Vertebra' and other fragments of lisiies not determinable have been 

 found at Kiviere-du-Lf»u)> and other places. 



Class Aces. 



A few specimens of feathers have been preserved in nodules at 

 (Jreen's Creek. They have apparently belonged to small wading birds. 



Class Mammalia. 

 Phoca (PagopMlus) GrwiilaiHlira. MuUer. 



A nearly complete skeleton of this species, found some years ago in 

 the Leda clay near M(jntreal, is now in the collection of the Geological 

 Survey of Canada at Ottawa. Detached bones, also found near 

 Montreal, are in the Peter Redpath Museum of McCiill University. 



More than twenty years ago, Mr. liillings, then at Ottawa, obtained 

 a nodule with certain bonos enclosed in it from the Pleistocene clays 

 of Green's Creek, on the Ottawa, which iiave afforded so many beautiful 

 specimens of the Capelin and other fishes, and also of marine sheila of 

 northern and cold water types. Mr. liillings regarded the bones as 

 those of the limbs of "a small animal of aquatic habits," but, not being 



* Catalogue of Fishes, Fish Commission Reports. 



