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variance with him as to the identification of Fossils, &c. , ) to fol- 

 low him in this matter. Area patricia is no doubt the West In- 

 dian miocene Analogue of A. grandis, but the latter is not found 

 on the Atlantic side of America. There are many other shells of 

 the West Indian miocene in the same predicament as Area patri- 

 cia, that is the} 7 are the West Indian miocene Analogues of living 

 pacific shells. Several such species are indicated in my writings: 

 but I would not assume their absolute identity on the ground of 

 their resemblance. The species of the cabinet Naturalist is not 

 always a natural species. I quote from my Paper on the Gulf of 

 Paria on this subject : — "The cabinet Naturalist is often at a loss 

 to find characters whereby to separate what are really distinct 

 species while he finds no difficulty in noting characters whereby 

 to separate a single species into several or even into two or three 

 Genera." In the Paper quoted I have said more on this subject 

 but this may suffice for the present. 



(Note. — The specimen having the label wrapped round it is 

 not an Ark at all but an Oyster, the same as occurs in the other 

 specimens examined by me but I did not determine its specific 

 name. ) 



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The following paper on fossils from Tobago was originally 

 published in theOfficia/ Gazette of Trinidad by order of the Gov- 

 ernor August 1 90 1 but as that publication is not widely read the 

 paper is for facility of reference reprinted here : — 



REPORT ON FOSSILS FOUND IN TOBAGO. 



1. Specimens frqm Lambeau. 

 "This is a calcareous conglomerate with broken shells. This 

 is a beach deposit — the pebbles included in it are derived from the 

 older rocks of Tobago, the most abundant being of quartzite of a 

 variety characteristic of the Tobagan rocks. The shells are us- 

 ually too much broken to be specifically determinable but they 

 are of tertiary aspect and probably of miocene or later date. The 



