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eries, though, notwithstanding the fact that he failed to find any trace of the to 

 us abundant skunk, when all is considered, these apparently accidental variations 

 in the contrasted lists of results seem of minor importance. As shown below, the 

 same geological age and character marks both collections. 



Fig. 8 (size two-thirds,. 

 Specimens of nuts, seeds, leaves, moss etc., found at various parts of the darkly discolored area of layer 3. 

 (1) Fragments of charcoal, probably naturally carbonized from C, 2 and 4, 10. (2) Acorn cup, Querent palnstris, C, 3, 10. 

 (3) Plum seeds, Primus, C. 3 and 4, 13 and 14. (4) Hickory nuts, Carya, layer 3. (5) Hickory nuts, Carya glabra, from talus. 

 (6) Hickory nut in the husk, C.in/u ovuta, C. 3 or 4, 13 or 14. (7) Acorn cups Quereus mueroearpa, C, 3 or 4, 13 or 14. 

 (8) Hazel nuts, Corylus amerwana,'C, 3, 10. (9) Bladder nuts, Staphylea, C, 4, 13 or 14. (10) Fragment of pine cone, Pinus 

 rigida, not labelled. (11) Coprolites? or masses of rotted vegetable matter in layers, C, 3, 13. (12) Hickory nuts, Carya 

 glabra, C, 6, 13. (13) Masses of moss, Sphagnum, C, or 4, 13 or 14, and C, 6, 10. (14) Willow leaf against a mass of mud, not 

 labelled. (15) Beech seeds, Fag us ferrughteu. O, 3 or 4, 13 or 14. (16) Hickory nuts, Carya glabra, not labelled. 



Fossil Remains Found in the Port Kennedy Caye. 



The species excavated in 1894-96 are in italics ; Roman type indicates those peculiar to the Wheatley collection. 



Excavated by Wheatley 







1871. 







dividuals 





Species. 



Mammals : 



1 





] 



Ereihizon dorsatum Linn 



2 





1 



Sciurus calicinus Cope 

 Castor fiber Linn 



1 





1 



Zapus hudsonius Zimm. 



1 





1 



Hesperomys 



3 





1 



Anaptogonia hiatidens Cope 

 Sycium cloacinum Cope 

 Microtus diluvianus Cope 



1 





1 



Microtia speotheyi Cope 



1 





1 



Microtus dideltus Cope 



1 





1 



Microtus involutus Cope 



