A FEW HINTS ON LOCAL FOSSIL COLLECTING 101 
What became of the Professor’s specimens when this 
establishment ceased to exist I know not. The loss to the 
City Museum is greatly regretted, for it contained Clinton 
fossils which canuot be replaced now. In after years, when 
the writer discovered the layers in the series containing the 
fucoid group, of Hall Buthotrephis, he furnished some few 
specimens to Professor Wright’s collection. 
I mentioned some years ago that the plants occur in the 
blue band overlying the Medina freestones. There are no 
indications on the upper or lower surface detached from 
its natural position, but when in situ you may remark the 
edges of a large sandstone slab at intervals display flattened 
spots (shale). This unusual appearance suggested examinia- 
tion of the interior, and on splitting the flag the matter was 
made clear. 
It may not be possible now to secure any of these 
Clinton Fucoids unless in the far-off quarry recently 
opened on the Skinner estate. I paid it a visit last summer 
for the first time but found the soft shale unweathered, 
which apparently had been freshly dumped down the slope. 
Only one or two flags were noticed on the surface, but 
these were not the ones holding plant remains. As the 
quarry men were employed at work on the base of the 
Medina freestone, I was unable to reach or get a good look 
at the overlying beds. 
Many years ago the adjacent quarry afforded me a fine 
Stromatopora, Coral (Favosites) and a Gasteropod (Cy- 
clonema Cancellata). The latter must be rather rare in 
Hamilton sedimentary deposits, as only another was seen 
by the writer previously. I had nearly forgotten to men- 
tion the Clinton exposnre in rear of the small reservoir, 
which is still open to inspection, and displays well defined 
sections of the series. From the large slabs at the base 
which project slightly beyond the muddy shales, I secured 
specimens of Dr. Jas. Hall’s ‘‘ Retiolites Venosus,’’ and 
two graptolites, undescribed probably. An upper portion 
