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5 Nyassa arguta Hall aa 



6 Paracyclas lirata (Con.) Hall rr 



7 Goniophora hamiltonensis (Hall) Miller rr 



8 Pterinea flabellum (Con.) Hall rr 



9 Liopteria bigsbyi rr 



10 Cyrtolites (Cyrtonella) mitella Hall rr 



By the roadside 240 feet higher and 995 feet above the Schoharie 

 river are thin, greenish, argillaceous shales and some that are 

 arenaceous (C 7 ). These shales are referred to the Sherburne 

 formation which they closely resemble in lithologic appearance. 

 For the succeeding 125 feet the rocks are well covered though there 

 is an occasional outcrop of the greenish shales; then a coarse 

 grained, greenish gray sandstone (C 8 ) with cross-bedding is 

 reached. Then the slope for 115 feet is partly covered with an 

 occasional outcrop of the grayish to greenish sandstone. 55 feet 

 above the lowest ledge of these sandstones are thinner gray sand- 

 stones, and in some rather shaly layers a few imperfectly pre- 

 served fossils were found — a remnant of the Ithaca fauna — which 

 at that locality, by the changed conditions of deposition had 

 narrowly escaped extermination. At 1235 feet above the river 

 level is a thick, unusually hard ledge of reddish, indurated sand- 

 stone. Above, the slope though partly covered, shows frequent 

 outcrops of red and greenish shales. 95 feet above the top of the 

 reddish sandstone at the top of the brow of the hill are soft, 

 argillaceous red shales. On the highway, about 20 feet higher 

 are grayish, shaly sandstones (C 11 ) and 50 feet higher is another 

 outcrop of coarse grained, greenish gray sandstone. The bedding 

 is somewhat irregular but not thick and there is a layer of breccia. 

 The only fossils found in place in these upper deposits were frag- 

 ments of plant stems. By the side of the road, in loose pieces 

 above the red shales, specimens of Tropidoleptus c a r i- 

 natus (Con.) Hall, S p i r i f e r m u c r o n a t u s (Con.) Bill, 

 and C a m a rotoechia p r o 1 i f i c a (Hall) H. & C. were 

 found. It is not probable, however, that these fragments came 

 from 1li is part of the hill, but they were undoubtedly left by the 

 ice sheet near the summit of Moheganter hill. On a stone wall 

 in this vicinity large flat blocks of sandstone were seen which 

 contained the following species, the first one occurring in large 

 numbers : 



1 Chionetes coronatus (Con.) Hall aa 



2 Tropidoleptus carinatus (Con.) Hall a 

 :i Camarotoechia prolifica Hall c 



4 Spdrifer mucronatus (Con.) Bill, r 



5 Athyris spdriferoides (Eaton) Hall r 



From this lasl outcrop to the top of the hill at the- corners, 

 mentioned in seel ion of eastern slope of this hill, is 40 feet, which 



