BELCHER, GEOLOGY OF PAKRY ISLANDS, ETC. 551 



LXXXV.— Geology of the Parry Islands, &c. 



(From Sir Edward Belcher's " Last of the Arctic Voyages," 

 2 vols. 1855.) 



1. Arctic Carboniferous Fossils, collected by the Expedition 

 under Sir E. Belcher, C.B., 1852-4. Described by J. W. 

 Salter, Esq., F.G.S., " Last of the Arctic Voy.," vol. ii. pp. 

 377 et seq. 1855. 



Fusulina hyperborea, n. sp., p. 380, t. 36, f. 1-3. Depot 



Point, Grinnell Land (77° N., 95° W.). 

 Stylastrsea inconferta, Lonsdale ; p. 381, t. 36, £. 4. De- 

 pot Point. 

 Zaphrentis ovibos, n. sp., p. 382, t. 36, f. 5. Depot Point ; 



and similar specimens from Princess-Royal Island, and 



the entrance of Jones's Sound. 

 Clisiophyllum tumulus, n. sp., p. 383, t. 36, f. 6. Depot 



Point. 

 Syringopora aulopora, sp., p. 385, t. 36, f. 7 ; on large corals. 



Depot Point. 

 Fenestella arctica, n. sp., p. 385., t. 36, f. 8. Depot Point. 

 Spirifer Keilhavii, Von Buch, p. 387, t. 36, f. 9, 10, 11. 



Depot Point ; and in red limestone, Exmouth Island. 

 Productus cora, D'Orbigny, p. 387, t. 36, f. 12. In red 



limestone, Exmouth Island. 

 Productus semireticulatus, Martin, var. frigidus, nov., p. 



388, t. 36, f. 13, 14. Depot Point. 



2. Fossil Bones from Exmoijth Island. 



" The Last of the Arctic Voyages," &c. By Sir Edward 

 Belcher, C.B., 2 vols., 1855. Vol. i. page 106. 



The following extract is descriptive of Exmouth Island, in 

 Lat. 77° 16' N., Long. 96° W., of which a sketch (PI. IV., facing 

 page 105) is given. 



" The formation is red sandstone, capped about 20 feet on the 

 " summit by fossiliferous limestone, in which some large Bivalves 

 " (Pectens, &c.), and some bones were found, unfortunately 

 *' broken before they were brought to me. Beneath this lime- 

 " stone, the rock is swinestone to about three-quarters from the 

 ^' base, the entire height being 567 feet. In the sandy bed of one 

 " of the large gullies a large ball of iron-pyrites was found, at 

 " first mistaken by one of my crew for a six-pound shot, and 

 " brought to me as belonging to one of the missing ships. Some 

 " very slight traces of coal were noticed at the wash of the sea, 

 " but none in situ on the Island." 



Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.G.S., describes, in vol. ii., page 

 389 (Appendix), some remains (vertebras and pieces of ribs) of 

 Ichthyosaurus (pi. 31), discovered in this Island. Sir E. Belcher 

 remarks at page 391, with reference to these, that they were 

 found^ 570 feet above the sea-level, and above the limestone 



