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were found, four cervical, eleven dorsal, ten lumbar and sixteen 

 caudal. Five of the chevrons were saved,* the right periotic, 

 sternum, hjoid, both of which are large and heavy, the scapulas, 

 one humerus, both ulnas, one radius, more or less complete por- 

 tions of nine pairs of ribs and fragments of others. Thus while 

 somevrhat less complete than either the Smith's brickyard or 

 the Cornwall specimen,, a large majority of the bones have been 

 preserved in the Vermont specimen, including some, as the 

 periotics, not found in the others. 



II. — The bones discovered in 1858 in the clav near Mont- 

 real, are now in the museum of the Geological Survey at 

 Ottawa. They are mostly caudal vertebrae, but there are sev- 

 eral lumbars among them. In all there are twenty vertebrae. 

 Thus a considerable portion of the caudal series is present. 

 Probably not more than five or six are Avantins;. The spines, 

 neural arches and transverse processes in most are present. Of 

 course these are smaller and stouter in the caudals, after the 

 first few, than elsewhere, and would therefore be more likely 

 to withstand unfavorable conditions. These processes are, 

 however, more or less incomplete in all. These vertebrae do not 

 differ essentially in size or form from those in the Cornwall 

 specimen. xVs now mounted with the intervertebral cartilages 

 supplied by wooden disks, the total length, of the series is sixty- 

 five inches. 



In " Superficial Geology of Canada," Geological Survey, 

 Canada, page 919, Sir W. Logan says, "At the mile-end 

 quarries, Montreal, upon a slight ridge are found stratified 

 sand and gravel holding boulders and shells in the lower part. 

 The deposit sometimes res'ts directly on the limestone rock, 

 which is at other times covered with a thin layer of boulder 

 formation. ... A thick deposit of this clay is seen at the 

 brick-yard of Messrs. Peel and Comte, where it is overlaid by 

 Saxicava sand, and has furnished one of the pelvic bones of a 

 seal, and several of the caudal vertebrae of a cetacean, Beluga, 

 vermontana, besides fragments of white cedar." 



