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Our list of fossils from this locality is far less complete than it 

 would have been had we not met with a serious accident at the 

 moment of departure whereby many of our best specimens were 

 lost in the river. Nevertheless our collection includes Calyptro- 

 phorus velatus var. coinpressa, Corbula subcompressa, Cucullt^a 

 7nacrodonta, Exilia pergracilis, Fusus meyeri var., Fusus inohri, 

 Fusus tortilis, Isocardia mediavia, Murex niatthewsensis, Natica 

 eminula, N. onustaf, N. perspediva, N. reversa, Neptunea con- 

 strida, Olivella inediavia, Ostrea sp. , Peden alabaniensis, Pleu- 

 rotoma adeona, P. longipersa, P. ostrarupis, P. persa^ Pleurotoniella. 

 pagodifoi'inis var. quercollis^ P. whitjieldi, Pseudoliva tinicaHnata, 

 P. vetusta var., Pyropsis perula, Pyriila juvenis. Solarium sp., 

 Strepsidura heilprini, Triton showalteri, Trochus alabamensis, 

 Turritella alabamietisis, Turritella mortoni var. levicunea, Veneri- 

 cai^dia alticostata var., Volida showalteri^ Volutilithes limopsis, V. 

 rugatus, Yoldia eborea. 



Other species are known to have come from this exposure. 

 First of all may be noted Whitfield's Natica (^Girodes) alabamien- 

 sis, and his problematical VehUina {Otina) expansa; Dall fig'ures 

 and describes from here Solarium alabamense and 5*. perisceliduni; 

 Meyer, Cadulus turgidus; Aldrich, Cyliduia meyeri, Fulgur 

 eocense, Rissoina alabamensis, Leucozonia biplicata, Levifusus 

 stderi. Moreover Aldrich adds to this list Murex m.orulus, Pseu- 

 doliva scalina, Levifusus trabeatus, Levibuccinum lineatum, Melan- 

 opsis chodawensis and other specimens identified simply generi- 

 cally. 



Snow Hill and vicinity. — It is in this portion of Wilcox county 

 that the typical Midway section as understood by us is to be 

 found (Seep. 31). On the summits of the slight elevations 

 about Snow Hill station, fragments and sometimes large masses 

 of limestone replete with Turritellce may be seen. This we refer 

 with little doubt to bed ig of the section just cited. In the first 

 shallow railroad cut north of the station Ostrea crenulimarginata 

 is abundant and fairly well preserved in a bluish sandy, micaceous 

 clay matrix. It is accompanied by a few-ribbed variety of 

 Venericardia alticostata. 



Farther north along the railroad, perhaps % mile, a second 

 shallow cut is met with, having the same lithological appearance. 

 Its fossils are not rare nor are they abundant or well preserved. 

 They are nearly all in the form of casts, yet they admit of specific 

 identification and are most important for correlation purposes. 

 They include Venericardia planicosta (typical), V. alticostata 

 (few-ribbed var. ), Ostrea crenulimarginata, Meretrix, Turritella 

 mortoni and Vohdilithes saffordi. 



Two miles north of the station, at Rock cut, about 25 feet 



