iSgy.] Ami — Post-Pliocene Fossils. 23 



( 1 2) Carp Station, Ottawa, A rnprior & Par ry Sound Railway, 

 Carp Village, Ontario. In a coarse, stratified gravel deposit. 

 Collected by H M. Ami, 1894. 



1. Saxicava rugosa, Linnaeus. 3. Balanus crenatus, Brugui^re. 



2. Macoma fragilis, Fabricius. 



(13) O dell's brickyard, Ottawa East, in the Leda clay form- 

 ation. Collected by W. S. Odell, Esq., H. M. Ami etc. 1889- 1896. 



1. Craniella Logani, Uawson sp. 5. Polystomella crispa. 



2. Thuja occidentalis.' — Branches of the 6. Dentalina sp. 



cedar tree fairly well preserved. 7. Nonionina sp. 



3. Macoma fragilis, Fabricius. 8. Discorbina sp. , and other species of 



4. Saxicava rugosa. Linnseus. foraminifert. 



In the Geology of Canada 1863, the chapter on " Superficial 

 Geology " contains interesting remarks upon the post-tertiary 

 formations of the Ottawa Valley, and amongst the species of 

 fossil organisms recorded on pp. 916-917, from Green's Creek* 

 are the following : f 



(14) Green's Creek, Ottawa River, collected by members of 

 the Geol. Survey Staff. 



1. Cyclopterus lumpus. 8. Potentilla tridentata. 



2. Cottus sp. 9. Potentilla Canadensis. 



3. Tellina Groenlandica (Macoma fragilis) 10. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. 



4. Saxicava rugosa, L. 11. Populus balsamifera. 



5. Drosera rotundifolia. 12. Potamogeton perfoliatus. 



6. Trifolium repens. 13. Potamogeton natans. ■ 



7. Potentilla Norvegica. 14. Mallotus villosus.** 



(15) At Grenville, on the Lower Ottawa, 120 feet above the 

 level of the sea, the following species were found and are recorded 

 on p. 917 of the " Geology of Canada," 1863 : 



1. Saxicava rugosa, 3. Balanus Hameri. 



2. Tellina Grcenlandica (Macoma fragilis). 4. Balanus crenatus. 



(16) Amongst the earliest records of discoveries of fossils in 

 the Ottawa Valley is that of a species P/w^(a:, bones of wh,ich were 



* Green's Creek enters the Ottawa at 118 feet above sea-level. 

 + Many of which were recorded from observations made by Principal (now Sir 

 VVm . ) Dawson. To these may be added a species of Gasterosteus, sp. indt. 



** Also found at Lake Chaudiere, 183 ft. above tide ; on the Madawaska,, 206 

 ft. above tide, and at Fort Coulonge, 365 ft. above tide. 



