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  cally 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  true 
  Coccosteus 
  of 
  the 
  Orcadian 
  series, 
  but 
  

   there 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  no 
  other 
  place 
  for 
  them 
  but 
  in 
  that 
  genus. 
  

   It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  a 
  true 
  Coccosteus 
  (C. 
  canadensis^ 
  A. 
  S. 
  

   Woodward), 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Upper 
  Devonian 
  of 
  Canada. 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  from 
  the 
  Nairn 
  Sandstone 
  stands 
  therefore 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Asterolepis 
  maxima 
  (Agassiz). 
  

  

  HoloptychiiLs 
  decor 
  atus, 
  Eichwald. 
  

  

  Pohjplocodus 
  leptognathus, 
  Traquair. 
  

  

  Coccosteus 
  magnus, 
  Traquair. 
  

   Small 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  this 
  fauna 
  consists 
  not 
  merely 
  in 
  its 
  

   being 
  altogether 
  different 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  adjoining 
  district 
  of 
  

   Elgin, 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  its 
  resemblance 
  in 
  general 
  features 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Aa 
  in 
  Livonia. 
  

  

  FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  UPPER 
  OLD 
  RED 
  SANDSTONE 
  OF 
  

   THE 
  ELGIN 
  DISTRICT. 
  

  

  The 
  eastern 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  Nairn 
  beds 
  must 
  be 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  

   old 
  quarry 
  of 
  Boghole 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  for 
  at 
  Whitemire, 
  close 
  by, 
  

   the 
  characteristic 
  Asterolepid 
  of 
  the 
  Elgin 
  district, 
  namely 
  Bothriolcpis 
  

   major, 
  has 
  already 
  appeared. 
  From 
  Alves 
  station 
  eastward 
  to 
  the 
  

   Quarry 
  Wood, 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Elgin, 
  the 
  following 
  quarries 
  of 
  the 
  

   Upper 
  Old 
  Red 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  in 
  succession, 
  namely, 
  — 
  Sweet 
  Hillock, 
  

   Cloves, 
  Cardenhill, 
  Milton 
  Quarry, 
  Newton. 
  In 
  the 
  Quarry 
  Wood 
  

   itself 
  are 
  the 
  quarries 
  of 
  Rosebrae, 
  Oakbrae, 
  Hospital 
  Quarry, 
  

   Laverockloch 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  line, 
  immediately 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  

   Elgin, 
  is 
  the 
  quarry 
  of 
  Bishopmill. 
  Southward 
  from 
  Elgin 
  is 
  the 
  

   quarry 
  of 
  Pluscarden, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  well-known 
  locality 
  for 
  Upper 
  

   Old 
  Red 
  fossils 
  at 
  Scaat 
  Craig. 
  

  

  The 
  fossil 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  Scaat 
  Craig 
  exposure, 
  first 
  discovered 
  

   by 
  Martin, 
  were 
  in 
  past 
  times 
  industriously 
  collected 
  by 
  Patrick 
  

   Duff, 
  Dr. 
  Malcolmson, 
  Major 
  Brickenden, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Grant, 
  and 
  others. 
  1 
  

   The 
  first 
  discovery 
  of 
  fish-remains 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  neighbourhood 
  

   of 
  Elgin 
  (Bishopmill) 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Rev. 
  Dr. 
  Gordon, 
  and 
  to 
  

   his 
  labours 
  is 
  especially 
  due 
  the 
  accumulation 
  in 
  the 
  Elgin 
  Museum 
  

   of 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  material 
  from 
  the 
  quarries 
  of 
  the 
  Alves 
  district. 
  

   More 
  recently, 
  Mr. 
  Taylor 
  of 
  Lhanbryde 
  has 
  taken 
  up 
  the 
  matter 
  with 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Jenkins 
  of 
  Elgin 
  assiduously 
  collected 
  these 
  fossils 
  for 
  sale. 
  

  

  