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From the upper part of the Romney formation at this locality the 

 following fossils were collected : Stropheodonta {Leptostropliia) pcr- 

 plana (Conrad), Stropheodonta demissa (Conrad), Chonetes mucronatus 

 Hall, Chonetes coronatus (Conrad), Chonetes setiger (Hall), Spirifer 

 mucronatiis (Conrad), Spirifer granulosus (Conrad), Amhocoelia um- 

 honata (Conrad), Nucula corhuUformis Hall, Leda rostellata (?) (Con- 

 rad), Pleurotomaria (Trepospira) rotalia Hall (?), Crinoid stems and 

 segments. 



For the remainder of the distance to the Pennsylvania line the Romney 

 shales are mostly concealed. 



Exposures near Cumherland. — On the western arm of the V-shaped area 

 of this foraiation in the vicinity of Cumberland are various exposures, 

 although none of them can be said to afford an opportunity for advan- 

 tageous study of the fauna or other characters. There are exposures to 

 the north of the city along the National Road, beginning opposite Bell- 

 vue Street where the shales are fairly fossiliferous. To the east is 

 McKaig's Hill, composed of the higher and harder Romney shales both 

 of which localities were briefly described by Dr. George H. Williams.' 

 who also mentioned a slight depression, in going west from this locality 

 toward the Bedford Road, occupied by the Marcellus shales.^ 



On the Williams Road to the southeast of Cumberland, just beyond 

 the edge of the city, are outcrops of shales by the roadside which, on the 

 weathered surfaces have a somewhat olive tint and in this particular they 

 differ from those of the Hamilton in northeastern Pennsylvania and 

 New York, where they may change on weathering from a blackish or 

 bluish color to a brownish tint. These shales are fossiliferous and 

 specimens of Tropidolepttis carinatus (Conrad), Spirifer mucronatus 

 (Conrad), Palaeoneilo emarglnata (Conrad), Rhipidomella vanuxemi 

 Hall, and other species were seen. The following list was obtained from 

 outcrops on Williams Road about one-fourth mile east of Queen City 

 hotel: Lingula nudaHaW {?), Stropheodonta (Leptostrophia) per plana 

 (Conrad), Schuchertella variabilis Prosser, Chonetes mucronatus Hal!, 



•Johns Hopkins Univ. Cir., Vol. XI. No. 94, 1891, p. 26. 

 -Ibid..\). 27. 



