NOTES ON THE LATE COLLECTING SEASON 



the snow b^iiig on the ground during the entire season pre- 

 vented the frost from penetrating there. The grass fields 

 were found in a similar condition to \vliat the}^ presented 

 in the autumn, and furnislied a fine specimen of a tabu- 

 lated coral, similar to the one figured in last year's Proceed- 

 ings by our treasurer, Mr. Scriven. A fair number of 

 Brachiopods and Bryozoons were also obtained, and several 

 varieties of Hall's Cladopora. Although this family group 

 (exceedingly numerous in our chert bevds) is represented as 

 a coral by Rominger and other well-known Palaeontolo- 

 gists, perhaps a close investigation nmy yet prove that 

 Prof. Foorde, formerly of the Canadian Geological Survey, 

 was not far astray when he claimed it as coming under the 

 head of Monticulipora. 



The fields on the brow of the escarpment, between the 

 reservoir and the rock cutting were not visited until the 

 middle of May, the writer feeling too weak for a long walk 

 before that. A portion of the field beyond the orchard, 

 which proved so rich formerly in sponges and sponge sec- 

 tions, had been freshly ploughed up before his arrival. The 

 soil overlying the chert is quite thin there, and the weather- 

 ing process evidently has laid bare organisms peculiar to 

 layers not represented nearer the city. No complete sponge 

 was discovered, and only two sections, which leads me to 

 think the field is now deficient in this material. Recollecting 

 a swamp3^ part formerly produced some fine specimens of 

 Dr. James Hall's lyichenalia, I confined investigation to the 

 part in question, and despite the difficulty of distinguishing 

 the white Bryozoon on the weathered, colorless cherts, I 

 contrived to pick up on the surface no less than seven fine 

 samples in about an hour or a little more. 



The present City quarry at the head of the Strongman 

 road, which produced so few fossils when compared with 

 the ones worked at the head of the JoUey Cut, appears to 

 be making up for its deficiencies by producing some well- 

 preserved remarkable specimens lately. Just before I pro- 



