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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  ecru 
  sandstone 
  altogether 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  observed 
  at 
  the 
  summit 
  

   of 
  the 
  section 
  at 
  Norwich, 
  station 
  E. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  westernmost 
  trace 
  observed 
  on 
  this 
  traverse 
  of 
  

   rocks 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  group. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  difference 
  in 
  

   the 
  actual 
  elevation 
  of 
  this 
  ecru 
  sandstone 
  in 
  its 
  exposures 
  here 
  

   and 
  near 
  Norwich. 
  It 
  is, 
  if 
  anything, 
  higher 
  here, 
  and 
  the 
  

   exposure 
  is 
  also 
  more 
  northerly. 
  

  

  The 
  broad, 
  flat-topped 
  hills 
  lying 
  between 
  East 
  Pharsalia 
  and 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Otselic 
  river 
  do 
  not 
  afford 
  many 
  outcrops, 
  nor 
  

   does 
  the 
  surface, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  observed, 
  afford 
  any 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  char- 
  

   acteristic 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  group. 
  The 
  ravines 
  which 
  cut 
  

   the 
  high 
  hills 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Pitcher 
  and 
  empty 
  into 
  the 
  Otselic 
  

   river 
  have 
  produced 
  many 
  fine 
  sections. 
  

  

  Station 
  V. 
  Eavine 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  George 
  Hakes, 
  one 
  mile 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Pitcher. 
  The 
  section 
  here 
  exposed 
  begins 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  three 
  feet 
  of 
  sandy 
  shales 
  with 
  bryozoa 
  and 
  

   crinoidal 
  remains. 
  Similar 
  shaly 
  sandy 
  layers 
  continue 
  the 
  

   entire 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  ravine 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill. 
  At 
  the 
  

   top 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  they 
  contain 
  Hamilton 
  fossils 
  

   plentifully. 
  The 
  fossil-bearing 
  layers 
  occur 
  at 
  rather 
  wide 
  

   intervals, 
  the 
  intermediate 
  sandstones 
  and 
  shales 
  being 
  barren. 
  

   In 
  places 
  the 
  shales 
  are 
  soft 
  and 
  dark, 
  and 
  at 
  times 
  flags 
  are 
  

   well 
  developed, 
  but 
  always 
  " 
  reedy." 
  The 
  total 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  

   exposure 
  is 
  fifty 
  to 
  sixty 
  feet. 
  

  

  Fossils 
  : 
  

  

  Liorhynchus 
  mesacostalis 
  in 
  masses 
  in 
  thin, 
  widely 
  separated 
  

   layers. 
  

  

  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis, 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Sp. 
  small 
  var. 
  of 
  Tullius. 
  

  

  Tentaculites 
  oellulus. 
  

  

  Crania 
  cf. 
  HamiltonicB. 
  

  

  Palaeoneilo 
  emarginata. 
  

  

  Liopteria 
  Sayi, 
  small 
  form. 
  

  

  One 
  mile 
  further 
  north 
  in 
  the 
  ravine 
  formed 
  by 
  Mineral 
  

   orook, 
  entering 
  the 
  Otselic 
  valley 
  from 
  Pitcher 
  Springs, 
  is 
  

   another 
  excellent 
  section 
  beginning 
  considerably 
  further 
  down 
  

   than 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  extending 
  quite 
  as 
  far 
  up. 
  

  

  Fossils 
  are 
  rather 
  more 
  abundant 
  here 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  

   species 
  were 
  observed: 
  

  

  Modiomorpha 
  concentrica. 
  

  

  