TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS 209 



Further field-work in the stratigraphy of Anticosti Island during the 

 past summer, leading to a revision of the lower part of the section, was 

 then explained to tlie Society by the author, whose remarks were dis- 

 cussed by Messrs Schuchert, A^aughan, Ulricli, and Chadwick. 



RElISIOy OF THE ANTICOSTI SECTION 

 BY W. H. TWENHOFEL 



{Ahstract) 



The .second formation of the Anticosti section is renamed the Vaurial from 

 .splendid exposures on the Vaurial River. The strata of Charleton Point, 

 previously considered the type locality of this formation, have been proven to 

 belong to the English Head formation. The discovery of this fact greatly 

 increases the size of the English Head fauna and shows it to have a stronger 

 Richmond aspect than was suspected. Evidence has been discovered indicat- 

 ing an uplift of the Saint Lawrence region prior to the time of English Head 

 deposition and a second period of uplift at the close of Ellis Bay time or the 

 close of the Ordovician. 



Luncheon time having arrived, the Society adjourned for an hour. 



At 2 p. m. the afternoon session was opened with an appreciation by 

 E. M. Kindle of the life and work of Mr. L. M. Lambe, late vertebrate 

 paleontologist of the Canadian Geological Survey. A memorial of Mr. 

 Lambe is presented on pages 88 to 97 of this Bulletin. 



REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE 



The committee now announced that the Treasurer's accounts of the 

 receipts and expenditures of the Society were found to be correct as read. 

 It was then voted by the members that the report be accepted. 



Vice-President Van Ingen now took the chair and the Society listened 

 to the presidential address, which was illustrated with lantern slides. 



STUDIES IN VARIATION AND A PROPOSED CLASSIFICATION OF VARIANTS 

 PRESIDENTAL ADDRESS BY ROBERT T. JACKSON" 



Following the presidential address, the vertebrate paleontologists with- 

 (h'cw and formed a section for the presentation of their own papers. The 

 minutes of this section are printed on pages 222 to 225. 



Tlie first paper on the general program was an interesting account, 

 iUustrated by lantern slides and drawings, of the peculiar fossil remains 

 known as Serpiilites. The paper was discussed by Messrs. Clarke, Foerste, 

 Bassler, and the author, who presented diverging views as to the nature 

 of these doubtful organisms. 



XIV — Bull. Ceol, Soc. Am., Vol. 31, 1919 



