122 The Ottawa Naturalist. 



James, Joseph F. — " The first fauna of the earth." The 

 American Naturalist, Vol. XXIX, No. 346, pp 879-887 and 

 pp. 979-985, October, 1895 



This paper comprises notes on fossil organic remains from 

 New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Quebec and other portions of 

 British North America. It is copiously and fairly-well illustrated, 

 thus affording a graphic representation of some of the earliest 

 types known up to the present time. 



WiNCHELL, N. H. — " T/ie Black River limestone at Lake 

 Nipissing." — Amer. Geologist, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, pp. 178-179, 

 Sept., 1896. In this paper Prof Winchell records Prof E. O. 

 Ulrich's determinations of 12 species of fossils from the Islands 

 of Lake Nipissing. The collection was made by T D. Led- 

 yard, Esq., of Toronto and are as follows : 



Esharopora subrecta, Urich ; Helopora viucronata, Ulr ; 

 Esharop07'a {?) limitaris, Ulr ; Rhinidictya ?iutabilis, var. major 

 Ulr ; Phyllodiclya varia, Ulr ; Batostoma WincJielli, Ulr ; Cal- 

 lopora multitabidata, Ulr ; Columns of an undetermined Glypto- 

 crinus. R/iynchotrema itzcEquivalvis, Castlenau, Leperditia fabu- 

 lites, Con. ? Aparchites neglectus, Ulrich. 



Prof Winchell adds that the above species " show the 

 probable former prevalence of the Trenton Ocean far to the 

 north and taken in connection with the small known area of the 

 Trenton in Northern Michigan, near the base of Keweenaw 

 Point, indicate that in the Trenton age a continuous sea occu- 

 pied the area from Lake Nipissing to Lake Winnipeg. 



Beecher, Chas. E. — On the validity of the family Bohemillidae 

 Barraiide." Amer. Geol. Vol. XVII, No. 6, pp. 360-362, 

 June, 1896. 



Dr. Beecher has cleared the mist away from the trilobites of 

 this family and recognises Bohemilla as a synonym of jiEglina 



