THE GEOLOGY OF THE SYRACUSE QUADRANGLE 6j 



Locality. Harbor brook near Avery avenue (city line. on west), 

 Syracuse, New York (see U. S. G. S. topographic sheet of the 

 Syracuse quadrangle in the valley south and east of " Burnett 



Park"). 



During the summer and autumn of 19 12 a sewer excavation in 

 the Harbor Brook valley cut down through the swamp deposits to 

 a depth of from 10 to 15 feet. The layers of different materials 

 exhibited a variable and irregular structure but in general the 

 normal sequence of such deposits could be observed. That is, a 

 bluish clay occurred below, followed by marly bands which in turn 

 were overlaid by peaty layers. Locally where the trench crossed 

 Avery avenue a firm calcareous tufa capped the peat. 



From the material thrown out of this excavation the writer has 

 obtained one left metacarpus, one right metacarpus and several 

 antler fragments which are all referable to the Virginia deer. On 

 account of their color and adherent particles of marl, it is probably 

 safe to say that the specimens came from below the superficial 

 layer of peat. 



The locality is about 2 miles from the present Onondaga lake 

 and its altitude is slightly below the 400 foot contour or about 

 30 feet above the lake. It is not unlikely that the deposits formed 

 at this point were laid down in and about an arm of a once greater 

 Onondaga lake. If this view is correct, the Harbor brook spec- 

 imens are much older than those from Ley creek. If, on the other 

 hand, the materials owe their origin to a remnant contemporary- 

 pond, it is hardly possible to arrive at any conclusion on the relative 

 ages of the two finds. 



Bison bison (Linn.) 

 American bison 



Plate 2 



Locality. North side of Croton street (now East Raynor avenue) 

 and 210 feet west of Renwick avenue, Syracuse, New York (see 

 U. S. G. S. topographic sheet of the Syracuse quadrangle near the 

 bend in the 400 foot contour line just above the northern boundary 

 of " Oakwood cemetery"). 



This skull was briefly described by Underwood 1 in 1890. The 

 teeth are either lost or broken away but the nasals, premaxillaries 

 and horns are preserved. 



1 Lucien M. Underwood. A Bison at Syracuse, New York. The American 

 Naturalist, 24:953. October 1890. 



