128 AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY FORMATIONS, 
There can be no doubt that these observations on the fossil 
fauna might be much amplified, were our knowledge of the marine 
fauna of Australia more complete. Each day, however, adds to 
this knowledge, which is very different now from what it was when 
I first came to the seo Sibi alle de ears ago, when such an 
estimate as I have made would have been impossible. It is to be 
hoped, however, that se I have thus far noted may be of use 
and will give an impetus to the 1 bie! ies which are being prose- 
cuted now on every side of Aust 
Notr.—While these sheets were passing through the press, Prof. Tate 
-iferins me that he thinks he has found stratigraphical g the 
Muddy Cree M 
e above the Murray cliffs, and the latter as contem- 
agar with i ount Gambier limestones. These questions can hardly 
e decided without a careful cee ak My paper professes to deal with the 
paleaok ological sorbbonct only. _ Tate's zeal and be sepa in ‘the matter 
gives hope of a speedy solution 4 cats of these problem 
Discusston. 
The Chairman conveyed the thanks of the Society to the Rer. 
Mr. Woods for his very valuable paper. 
r. Woops said he desired to add that in Dee these in- 
vestigations one difficulty he had ge Seater aN Ww in our 
ct 
faunas represented. He meant to s say that if he wanted, in any 
museum in Melbourne, Adelaide. Tasmania, or New outh Wales, 
to find recent marine fauna as a means of comparison, he sho 
Took i in yain for any such collection, and students must be without 
instruction such a collection would give. He wished to make 
matter whic 
museums ought to give their best attention to. Such a coltectii 
sic be a most useful acquisition. 
