Mat 29, 1908] 



SCIENCE 



851 



Observations on the Dalmanites of the early 

 Devonian are introduced in the text which 

 throv? light upon race characteristics, debility 

 as exemplified in ornamentation of different 

 parts of the organism. Gaspelichas forillonia, 

 a new species, is indeed " the most extrava- 

 gant instance of the development of spines 

 among the trilobites." 



This monimiental work by Dr. Clarke only 

 serves to enhance his deserved fame as a dis- 

 tinguished paleozoic paleontologist. The 

 plates are all that can be desired, the text 

 likewise is satisfactory, as to both quality and 

 precision. References are made to the good 

 work done in the peninsula by Logan, Billings, 

 Ells, Low and others whom the author does 

 not forget in bestowing names on the new 

 forms met with. Nor does he forget those 

 intrepid missionaries and early French ex- 

 plorers like Lejeune, Jumeau, Lescarbot, 

 Leclercq and de Thune, and the Jerseymen 

 and other settlers of the district who have in 

 any measure contributed to the history and 

 development of Gaspe. 



The geology of the " Forillon " with map, 

 is given in which the Gaspe sandstones, the 

 Grande Greve limestones, the Cape Bon Ami 

 beds and the St. Alban beds are separated on 

 paleontological and stratigraphical grounds. 

 This remarkable point juts out into the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence " like an index finger," from 

 the broad fist of Rosier Cape and Cove, and 

 two of the four geological formations consti- 

 tute the narrower portion of the slender point, 

 with Cape Gaspe to the north and Shiphead 

 to the south. The vertical distribution of 

 species and the faunas of the different 

 formations and their mode of occurrence 

 are given, together with a special chapter 

 on the " Geology of Perce " in which a 

 geological map in detail is presented giv- 

 ing the succession of the strata, including 

 formations from the Carboniferous down to 

 the Lower Silurian. They comprise the Bona- 

 venture conglomerate (Carboniferous and 

 Devonian in age), the "Perce massive" 

 (Lower Devonian), the Cap Barre massive 

 (Lowest Devonian), Mt. Joli massive, north 

 flank (Upper Silurian), Mt. Joli massive, 

 south flank (Lower Silurian), Cape Canon 



massive, including limekiln beds (Lower 

 Silurian). -The faults noted by Dr. Clarke 

 appear to be of the same character as those 

 of the " Quebec Group " and " Appalachian " 

 folded region, a series of thrust faults, very 

 much like those movements so character- 

 istically described by Lugeon of Switzerland, 

 where strata seem to play leap-frog one over 

 the other. The reproduction of a number of 

 old historic maps and early illustrations of 

 this most interesting and picturesque as well 

 as easily reached region forms no incon- 

 spicuous portion of the volume, nor can the 

 delightful water-color reproduction of Perce 

 rock forming the frontispiece go unnoticed. 

 The excellent drawings by Barkentin illus- 

 trating the extinct faunas are exquisitely re- 

 produced. 



H. M. Ami 

 Geological Stjkvey of Canada, 

 Ottawa, Ont. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



The academy held its fourteenth annual 

 meeting at Ann Arbor, Mich., April 2, 3 

 and 4. 



The following officers were elected for the 

 coming year: 

 President — Charles E. Marshall, East Lansing, 



Mich. 

 Vice-Presidents : 

 Section of Agriculture — A. C. Anderson, East 



Lansing, Mich. 

 Section of Botany — Wm. E. Praeger, Kalama- 

 zoo, Mich. 

 Section of Geography and Geology — Wm. H. 



Hobbs, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 Section of Sanitary Science — E. C. L. Miller, 



Detroit, Mich. 

 Section of Science Teaching — S. D. Magers, 



Ypsilanti, Mich. 

 Section of Zoology — D. B. Casteel, Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — Walter G. Saekett, East 



Lansing, Mich. 

 Librarian — 6. P. Burns, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



On the evening of April 3 the members of 

 the academy were very pleasantly entertained 

 at a smoker given by the Research Club of the 

 University of Michigan. 



