The second volume of the Palagozoic Fossils of Canada, like the first 

 volume issued in 1865, will contain : 



1. Descriptions of new species of Palaeozoic Fossils. 



2. !R&-descriptions of species which have been published by Mr. 



Billings from time to time in the Canadian JSTaturalist, " the 

 Geological xMagazine " and the " American Journal of Science." 



3. Investigations relating to the structure and classification of some 



of the extinct groups. 



The part now presented, consisting of 144 pages of descriptive text, with 

 85 woodcuts and ten lithographed plates, contains : 



1. Description of fossils from the Silurian and Devonian rocks of 



Gaspo. 



2. Descriptions of new species from the Primordial rocks of ISTew- 



foundland. 



3. On the genus StricMandia. 



4. J^otes on the structure of the Crinoidea^ Cystidea and Blastoidea. 



5. Descriptions of fossils from the Upper Silurian rocks of Arisaig, 



J^ova Scotia. 



The woodcuts are by Mr. J. H. Walker, of Montreal, from drawings by the 

 late Mr. H. S. Smith. The lithographed figures, plates I to IX, were all drawn 

 from nature and lithographed by Mr. A. H. Foord, F.G.S.. the artist to the 

 Survey. Part II, the figures and descriptions for which are in course of pre- 

 paration, will be published as early as practicable. 



ALFRED K. C. SELWYjN^. 



Geological Survey Office, \ 

 Montreal, 15th July, 1874. J 



