156 The Ottawa Naturalist. 



for the most part from collections made by Messrs. Weston and 

 Robert iu Cape Breton. These are as follows : — 



1. Lingulella Selwyni : McFee's Point, George R., Cape 

 Breton collected in 1886 by Messrs. Weston and Robert, late of 

 the Geol. Survey. 



2. Lingulella Roberti : McFee's Ft., George R., Cape Breton. 

 Weston and Robert, 1886. 



3. Lingula Hoivleyi, N. sp., Kelly's I., Conception Bay, 

 Nfld. in eompany with Lingula Billingsi, Whiteavcs. 



4. Lingulobolus affinis, Billings sp. Great Bell Island, Nfld. 



5. Lingulobolus affinis, var. ameatus, N. van; Great Bell 

 Island, Conception Bay, Nfld. 



6. Sphcerobolus spissus, Billings sp. Great Bell Island, Nfld, 



7. Clitanibonites (Gonanibonites ) plana. Pander, var. retro- 

 flexa, de Verneuil. McFee's Pt., George R., Cape Breton, in 

 company with Lingulella Selwyni ; collected by Messrs. Weston 

 and Robert. 



8. LLyolilies cf. tenniradiatus, Linrs. McFee's Pt., George 

 R., Cape Breton. 



9. Holasaphus centropyge, N. sp. McFee's Pt., George R.- 

 Cape George, Weston and Robert, 1886. 



It will thus appear that Dr. Matthew has added two new 

 genera of brachiopoaa and one new trilobitc to the fauna of our 

 early palaeozoic seas. The exact age to which these fossils are 

 referable is a point to be investigated and Dr. Matthew's ex- 

 cellent work is a decided step forward. — H. M. A. 



Tyrrell, J. Burr — " Is the land around Hudson Bay at 

 present rising}" Amer. Journ. Science, Vol. II, September, 

 1896, pp. 200-205. 



The conclusions arrived at by Mr. Tyrrell may be summed 

 up in his own words, as follows : — " After carefully considering 

 what we know of the present and former height of the water. . . 

 I am forced to conclude that evidence of the rising of the land 



