232 The Ottawa Naturalist. 



Smith, George Otis — Geology of the Fox Islands, Maine. 

 Pamphlet, ^6 pages, plate and map, Skowhegan, 1896. 



Seven bulletins of the Geol. Society of America were issued 

 February 1897, as follows : 

 Emerson, B. K. — Diabase pitchstone and mud enclosures of the 



Triassic trap of New England. Vol. 8. pp. 59-86, pis. 3-9, 



Rochester, 1897. 

 McGee, W J. — Sheetflood Erosion, Vol. 8, pp. 87-112, pis. 10- 



13, Rochester, 1897. 

 LeConte, Joseph — Earth crust movemetits and their causes. 



Vol. 8, pp. II 3- 1 26, Rochester, 1897. 

 Stanton, T. W. and Knowlton, F. N. — Stratigraphy and 



P alcBontology of the Laramie and related formations in 



Wyoming. 

 Merrill, Geo. P. — Weathering of Micaceous gneiss in Alber- 



marle County, V a. Vol. 8, pp. 157-168, Rochester, 1897. 

 Kemp, J. F. — The leucite hills of Wyoming. Vol. 8, pp. 169-182 



pi. 14, Rochester, 1897. 

 Upham, Warren — Modified driit in St. Paul, Minnesota. Vol. 



8, pp. 183-196, pi. 15, Rochester, 1897. 



Earthquake. — On Tuesday the 23rd day of March, 1897, at 

 6 hrs. 8 min. 3 sec. p.m., there was felt at Ottawa a rather severe 

 shock of earthquake which lasted about twenty seconds. The 

 shock was accompanied by a rumbling noise, the period of 

 greatest intensity of the shock being about eight seconds. At 

 6 hrs. 8 min. 23 sec, the vibrations and shock were no longer 

 felt. The direction of the oscillations seemed to be from east 

 to west. 



The same shock was also felt and recorded at Montreal, Pointe 

 Claire, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Como, Point Fortune, Hawkcsbury, 

 Clarence, in a direction west of Montreal and along the Ottawa 

 Valley ; at Cornwall, Morrisburg and Lancaster along the St. 

 Lawrence ; at St. Hilaire ane St. John's south of Montreal, also 

 at Jessup's Rapids, Berthierville, Three Rivers, east of Montreal 

 besides Valleyfield, Coaticooke, Vankleek Hill ; and at Malone in 

 northern part of the State of New York. 



Errata. 



P. 128, for No. 3, Sept., 1896, read : p. 123 No. 2, Aug., 1896. 

 P. 149, line 9 from top, for Fullberg, read : TuUberg. 



