28 Bulletin 12 156 



The New Albany Black shale does not everywhere have the 

 black color usually characfteristic of it. At the side of the wagon 

 road about three-quarters of a mile northeast of Brooks it has a 

 pale buff color, and the following fossils were obtained from it at 

 this locality: 



Station 23B. — Brooks, Ky. 



Chonetes scittchis, Leiorhynclnis qiiadricostata f , Lingjila spatii- 

 lata a. 



Station 2^C. — The New Providence shale is well exposed by 

 extensive washes on the side of Button mould knob, about two 

 miles north of Brooks. This has been a well-known coUedting 

 ground for many years and the rarer species are very scarce. 

 The following were found here: 



Athyris lamellosa f r, Anlopora sp. a, Cavia7'otcechia s\)., Chon- 

 etes illinoisensis c, Crinoid stems a, Orthothetes crenistria -r, Platy- 

 ceras sp. a, Produdella pyxidata, Rhipidoniella owe?ii a, Spirifer 

 marioneyisis f c, Spirifer ■ynortoriamis r, Spirifer suborbicidaris c, 

 Spirifeiana sp. c, Strovibodes striatus, Zaphrentis sp. a. 



The massive Riverside sandstone which caps this knob appears 

 to be entirely barren of fossils. But in the beds of the same hor- 

 izon the following fauna was found west of Brooks: 



Station 2^D. — Riverside sandstone one mile west of Brooks. 



Camarotcechia sappho c, Cypricardinia sp. r, Derbya keokuk c, 

 Discina sp. r, Fenestella sp. c, Orthothetes cre7iistria r, Prodiicliis 

 burling ton en sis c, Syringothyt'is typa c. 



Deer Lick Knob, Bullitt County, Kentucky. 



Northwest of Charmount, at Deer Lick knob, is the following 

 section : 



Blue clay shale .' ?. 35 ft. 



Thin bedded crinoidal limestone 5 ft. 



Black shale 15 ft. 



Devonian limestone ' 3 ft. 



