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Report of the State Geologist. 



4. Tthynchonella (Camarotoechia) prolijica, Hall. 



5. Tropidohptnx cariiiatm (Con.), Hall. 



6. Spirifer mucronatus (Con.), Bill. 



7. Paraoyclas lirata (Con.), Hall. 



8. j\ r N<-i//<t Randdlli, Hall. 



9. Homalbnotus De Kaijl (Green), Emmons. 

 10. Grammysia, sp. 



Near the highway from North Brookfield to Brookfield, about one and 

 one-half miles east of North Brookfield, is a small quarry with five feet of 

 massive bluish-grey sandstone at the base, capped by coarse arenaceous shales. 

 The shales are fossiliferous, the fauna being as follow s : 



1. Rhynehonella (Caiiuirotwhia) xappho, Hall. 



2. Itlujnchonella (Chinarotcechia) congregate (Con.), Hall (?). 



3. ( 'honetes coronata (Con.), Hall. 



4. I/mgula ligea, Hall (?). 



5. Orbiculoidea {Roemerelld) grandis (Van.), Hall and Clarke (?). 



6. Spirifer audaculus (Con.), Hall. 



7. Spirifer mucronatus (Con.), Bill. 



8. Mbdiomorpha cdmplanata, Hall. 



9. Grammy sia bisulcata (Con.), Hall (?). 



10. Goniophora Hdmiltonensis, Hall. 



11. Oimitaria recurva (Con.), Hall. 



12. TentacuUtes attenuatus, Hall. 



13. OrtJiocerax conxtrictmn, Van. (i). 



14. Crinoid stems. 



In the upper part of the high hills near North Brookfield are dark 

 argillaceous shales in which fossils are abundant. The outlet of Gorton lake, 

 eas1 of the village, exposes eighty feet of these soft shales, which have furnished 

 the following species : 



1. Si/ropheodonta perplana (Con.), Hall. 



2. Athyris spiriferoides (Eaton), Hall. 

 •"». Spirifer audaculus (Con.), Hall. 



4. Spirifer mucronatus (Con.), Bill. 



5. Spirifer granulosus (Con.), Hall. 



6. Rh/ynclionella (Camarotoechia) prolifca, Hall. 



7. Orbiculoidea Doria, Hall. 



8. Amboccelia umbonata (Con.), Hall. 



9. Nucleospira concinnw, Hall. 



