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Lambe, has been engaged in a much-needed 
revision of the Canadian paleozoic corals, 
and when this revision is completed, as it 
is hoped itsoon will be, it will doubtless 
materially reduce the number of species 
from the Corniferous of the province. On 
the other hand, the number of species of 
polyzoa, brachiopoda and mollusca from 
that formation, in collections that have yet 
to be studied, will be quite largely increased. 
The fossils of the Hamilton formation of 
Ontario have been reported on by Billings, 
Nicholson, Hall, and more recently by the 
writer, who has published two small mono- 
graphs upon them. In the latter of these, 
published in November, 1898, 219 species 
are recognized and recorded, as follows : 
SHOWA GoooaodacobgudouKno06 Fado Gea DObaS 2 
Corals (inclusive of Stromatoporoids)........ 40 
ichinod ermatajecmteyleielertereiciele)eclaieieleleheloleta 16 
N/GRINES gouicnovedsuocondcooopoguD boop doudo 14 
Polyzoa (= Bivoroa) EoosdacoduacagndeD 600 40 
IBIACMLOPO Aaeamieeleleleyieio okt relevecieleleheretenetererel> 61 
Pelecypoda (= Teemmellibranchiaes) erect 13 
Gasteropod an steicleverelerreieisieiierenciciererclersisiohetoieiers 2) 
IP FELOPOM Apiarsiarey=iahelelerletercioherclerreielloieirelekelenevers 3 
Cephalopoda. j.)- cece cicieisjers» sisieieyeieislols 8 
Ostracodateerrariteroraclikorertlelelelelstletisiicterhere 3 
Phyllopodacerieleleisiarclerreiciastterrsaetietactlstel= 1 
ERrilobitaciiericieiructeeitiictciecttetiereitere iro 4 
INNES 54 coscedodvoGoDdadeIAdoCUOsO DDD OOS 2 
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Several additional species of Fenestel- 
lide and Monticuliporidze are indicated in 
the Canadian Survey and other collections 
by mere fragments that have not yet been 
critically examined. From a comparison 
between the foregoing lists it would appear 
that echinodermata and vermes are more 
numerous in genera and species in the 
Hamilton formation than in the Cornifer- 
ous, but eight of the fourteen specimens of 
vermes from the Hamilton formation are 
jaws or teeth of conodonts that are very 
small and difficult to find. 
The black shales at Kettle Point, which 
are supposed to represent the Genesee 
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slates of the State of New York, have so far 
yielded only a still undetermined Lingula, 
and four species of fossil plants ( Calamites 
inornatus, Lepidodendrum primevum, macro- 
spores of Protosalvinia Huronense, and a Spi- 
rophyton) that have been determined or 
described by Sir William Dawson. 
The Tully limestone, the supposed repre- 
sentative of the Cuboides zone of the Euro- 
pean Devonian, and the Naples beds, or In- 
tumescens zone, of western New York, have 
not yet been recognized in Ontario. 
One of the results of the explorations of 
Dr. R. Bell in 1871, 1875, 1877 and 1886, 
on behalf of the Geological Survey of Can- 
ada, was the discovery of a large area of De- 
vonian rocks to the west and southwest of | 
James Bay. In 1871 Dr. Bell collected a 
few fossils on the Albany River (which is 
now part of the dividing line between On- 
tario and the District of Keewatin) between 
Marten’s Falls and the Forks ; and in 1886 
a much larger number on the same river be- 
low the Forks. Some of these fossils are 
from a yellowish gray limestone, and those 
obtained from this limestone in 1886 repre- 
sent seventeen species. Twelve of these ap- 
pear to be identical with Corniferous species 
from Ontario and New York State, and the 
remainder are either undeterminable or un- 
described. Others are from small patches of 
red marl, and these fossils seem to;indicate 
the Hamilton formation, the prevalent spe- 
cies being perfect and well preserved speci- 
mens of Spirifera pennata (Atwater), for- 
merly known as S. mucronata, Conrad. 
Collections of fossils that are obviously 
of Devonian age were made by Dr. Bell in 
1875 and 1877 on the Moose River and two 
of its larger tributaries, the Missinaibi and 
Mattagami. Lists of these fossils, most of 
which are identical with well-known Cor- 
niferous species, were published in the 
“Reports of Progress of the Geological Sur- 
vey of Canada’ for 1875-76 and 1877-78. 
For many years a number of fossils from 
