1884.] Invertebrate Paleontology for 1883. 387 
of the Royal Soc. Canada, on May 23d, 1883, he presented a 
paper on the “Cretaceous and tertiary floras of British Columbia, 
and the Northwest territory,” illustrated by eight quarto plates ; 
he mentions the occurrence of a few plants from the Ft. Pierre 
group, which are apparently different from a flora found in the 
same group on the Upper Missouri by Mr. Lester F. Ward in 
1883, and yet unpublished. 
Walter F. Ferrier, at the fourth meeting of the Natural History 
Society of Montreal, session 1882-1883 (published in the Cana- 
dian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science, Vol. x, New 
Series, No. 8), read his “ Notes on a fossil track from the Potsdam 
sandstone of Northern New York State,” and Dr. Dawson said 
that the impressions belonged to the genus Gyrichnites, proposed 
by J. F. Whiteaves for similar impressions from the Erian of 
Gaspé, 
Wm. F. E. Gurley published his “Bulletin, No. 1, New Car- 
boniferous Fossils;” this is a private publication, apparently 
printed for private circulation—the descriptions are very indiffer- 
ent, and the absence of any figures renders it difficult to say 
Whether his species are new or not. It would be well for Mr. 
Gurley, if he wishes his species to be recognized, to seek publi- 
E through some of the regular channels, and to accompany 
is descriptions with proper illustrations. 
ge Heilprin, in the Proc. Philadelphia Acad. of Nat. 
nr TORRA a “Note on a collection of fossils from the 
iik pi evonian) group of Pike Co., Pennsylvania.” This is 
neaei site genera identified by Professor Heilprin in a 
i inepe : y Drs. E. Hine and J. Holt, and is welcome as 
eee to our knowledge of the palzeontology of a State, 
| oR which we know comparatively little. 
Collett . he a report of the State geologist, Mr. John 
which s v “2 ps ourteen plates of the Van Cleve fossil corals, 
reviewed by P : whole very creditable productions; they were 
Woki p R James Hall, who also republishes here 
Vii -beck = ` own corals, most of which are referred to as 
eaa aa ed in the advance sheets of the thirty-fifth 
| ma i New York State Museum of Natural History 
lished, The yet appeared), but five of the species were unpub- 
OTN Sewin Hill Brachiopoda, published by R. P. Whit- 
have also h ulletin No. 3, of the Amer. Museum of Nat. Hist., 
“~en reproduced here. 
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