Merriam.] 



On Two Tertiary Faunas. 



SOOKE DISTRICT. 



In 1876 Mr. James Richardson noticed the occurrence of fossil 

 iferous rocks in the Sooke District, and published the following 

 statement regarding them.* 



"At the mouth of John's River the lowest beds are grey sandstone, in 

 some places crowded with fossils belonging apparently to three or four species. 

 These are referable to the genera Ostrea, Pecten, and Saxidomus and are either 

 of Tertiary or post-Tertiary age." 



In 1892 Dr. W. H. Dall mentioned! the occurrence of marine 

 beds of Miocene age near Sooke. 



Dr. Newcombe visited the Sooke District in 1893, '94, and '95, 

 collecting in all between twenty-five and thirty molluscan species. 



The cliffs, in which the fossils occur, are stated by Mr. 

 Richardson and Dr. Newcombe to show a considerable thickness 

 of soft sandstone, with some conglomerate. The strata do not 

 appear to be greatly disturbed. In places the sandstone is full of 

 fossils, which are often well preserved. 



Table of Sooke Fauna. — The following table of species gives, as 

 nearly as can at present be determined, the composition of the fauna 

 of the Sooke beds: — 



*Geol. Surv. of Canada Rept. Prog. 1876-77. 

 fBull. U. S. Geol. Surv., No. 84, p. 230. 



