OF NEW ENGLAND. 565 
5; Pl. 15, figs. 10, 11) obtained during the excavations, 
will be described in another page. 
Crouch’s Cove. This is situated on Goose Island, in 
Casco Bay, about fifteen miles north-east of Portland. 
The whole island is at present covered with a growth of 
spruce trees (Abies nigra), excepting a narrow strip on 
the seaward side, and on this, at the southerly end of the 
island, are several shell-heaps of different sizes. The 
longest of these is about one hundred and fifty feet in 
length, forty in width, and varying in thickness from a 
few inches to nearly three feet. Considerable portions 
have been washed away, and the contents scattered along 
the shore. The shells are mostly deposited evenly, but 
here and there are raised into small knolls, and all are 
covered with turf. This deposit has been carefully ex- 
amined by Mr. C. B. Fuller, of Portland, by whom large 
collections have been made, and a portion of which were 
unfortunately destroyed by the great fire of 1866. Mr. 
Edward S. Morse has more recently made a partial exam- 
ination, and obtained many valuable specimens, which 
will be mentioned farther on. 
Our examinations* were begun on the bank and carried 
inland, until about 375 square feet of surface, and more 
than 700 cubic feet of material had been moved. Mr. 
Morse has given the following account of the shells found 
in this, and some of the smaller deposits near by. He 
enumerates the following species: “Common Clam (Mya 
arenaria), Quahog (Venus mercenaria), Large S vallop 
(Pecten tenuicostatus), Large Mussel (Mytilus modiolus), 
Cockle (Purpura lapillus), Beach Snail (Natica heros), 
Whelk (Buccinum undatum), Periwinkle (Littorina lito- 
a F.W. 
*The excavations were made by Rev. J. A. Swan, and Messrs. E. S. Morse, F. W. 
Putnam, Horace Mann, Edwin Bicknell, and the writer, The sketch of the locality 
Was made by Mr. Joseph P. Thompson. 
