122 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 
On the first occasion I got from the Niagara Shale a poorly 
preserved specimen of a Crinoid, Rhodocrinus, and the more 
common one, Stephanocrinus angulatus, in fair preservation. 
The time of the second visit was occupied chiefly in searching 
for the residence of a friend of the late Dr. J. Pettit (Mr. Ed- 
gar Farewell), who kindly presented me with a small box of 
Crinoids, some of which you will find in the case containing the 
Barton and Niagara fossils. The Crinoid, Rhodocrinus, of 
the Niagara Grimsby Shales was recognized on comparing it 
with a far better preserved one I recollected to have seen which 
was obtained from the shales overlying the abandoned quarries 
there. Mr. Schuler also got a specimen which was even in- 
ferior to mine as regards preservation. 
THE CLINTON (MAY HILL)BEDS. 
The beds, I fear in future, are little likely to afford us 
many specimens unless the new reservoir, advocated by the 
daily city press, is started by the new corporation. At present 
the only place open to us for examination is the perpendicular 
cliff in rear of the small city reservoir at the Jolley Cut road. 
The places where fossils were obtainable a few years ago 
at the foot of the escarpment have been completely 
overrun by the sweet clover and other weeds. When late in 
autumn I went in search of a number of layers of the iron band 
which had been quarried years ago, bnt found too difficult to 
remove, I had much trouble in reaching the point where the 
massive beds were left on the summit of the slope, having to 
beat down a pathway through a forest of tall weeds as dense as 
they were high. ‘This particular part of the iron band was 
found formerly to hold Rhinopora frondosa and R. Verrucosa 
(Hall), in good preservation, together with Posidonia Alata 
and impressions of marsh plants, probably. The latter are 
often found erect, as if the muddy sediment had embedded 
them gradually when alive. I failed in getting what I wanted, 
but succeeded in securing one good plant, now in the British 
Museum. It may not convey a true impression of its nature, 
however, because not an erect one, unfortunately. A fine slab 
