The Upper Divisions of the Kinderhook 
Group. 
R. R. liOWLEY, CURKYVILLE, MO. 
Resting upon the Lithographic lime- 
stone in this coiuitj' are about twenty-five 
feet of lead or dove colored shales, whol- 
ly destitute of fossils. At Louisiana three 
feet of clay sandstone overlie the shales, 
and, from the peculiar worm-like pas- 
sages so noticeable in this stone, it was 
called the "Vermicular Sandstone" by Dr. 
Shimiard and Prof. Swallow in the old 
Missouri Survey. 
Besides these burrows (?) the fresh split 
surfaces of the stone often display a flat, 
whorled fucoid, doubtless a species of 
Tavnurus. Casts of Spirifera marionen- 
sis, S. hannibalensis , Streptorhynchus spf- 
a Terebralula, probably T. burUngtonen- 
sis Productellapyxidata Grammys ia hanni. 
halensis and a few AmculaA\ke Lamelli- 
brcuichs, a Goniatite, a small Orthoceras 
and an undetermined Gasteropod, all in a 
poor state of preservation, constitute the 
flora and fauna of this standstone. At 
Louisiana the Lower Burlington Lime- 
stone rests directly upon the "Vermicular 
Sandstone," but in the western part of 
the county and the eastern part of Au- 
drain a variable thickness of Chouteau 
Limestone may be seen along the brooks 
and creeks. 
Three miles east of Curryville in the 
bed ofabroolv tributary to Peno creek, 
the Chouteau Limestone, as a weathered 
outcrop, yields an interestiJig series of 
Corals, together with a few other fossils 
in a fair state of preservation. But few 
of these forms have been identified. 
Among the known species B.re Michelinia 
placenta, Zaphrentis calceola, Chonopliyl- 
lum sedaUense{?), Syringopora harveyi (?) 
and Eucomphalus latus {?). Besides these 
are four or five unidentified Polyps, prob- 
ably new species, and among them a spin- 
iievons, Zaphrentis. There is an Orthis, a 
Prodiictella, a large Athyris, a Productus. 
Strophomena rhonibordalis ,Sin Orthoceras 
a Granatocri7ius, Si small Acti)iocrinus,a,n 
OUacrinus and two or three fragments of 
Ptatycrini. 
Two and a half miles southeast of Cur- 
ryville I gathered from the gravel of a lit- 
tle stream's bed a great many coralline 
forms, including one or two Polyps, dif- 
ferent from the species at the former lo- 
cality. Michelinia placenta was the most 
abundant form, while Zaphrentis calceola 
was the rarest. No Brachiopods were 
found here and but one Criuoid and one 
Blastoid. The Crinoid is a good calyx of 
a new species of Platycrinus. 
Half a mile northeast of Bowling 
Green along the C. &. A. railroad cut, a 
tubular eoral, two species of small P'.aty- 
crini, an imperfect Poteriocrinus and a 
few Polyps were found. 
Northwest of Curryville on Spencer 
creek, there is a great thickness of this 
limestone, as well as along the streams in 
eastern and northeastern Audrain county, 
but at the localities visited but few fossils 
could be obtained and all identical with 
the species collected at the outcrops east of 
Curryville. 
It will be observed that the series of fos- 
sils from these various Chouteau locali- 
ties are entirely distinct from the fauna 
of the Lithographic Limestone, unless the 
Orthis in the two groups are identical 
species, while several of the Chouteau 
forms are characteristic of the Lower 
Burlington Limestone at Louisiana. With 
the fossils before him, the collector is al- 
most forced to the conclusion that the 
Chouteau Limestone [Michelinia placenta 
beds) is nearer to the Burlington Group in 
fauna than to the Lithographic Lime- 
stone. 
The White Bellied Nuthatch a Friend 
of the Farmer. 
S. R. Ingersoll, Ballston Spa, N. Y., 
states in the 0. & 0. that at this time of 
the year when the cocoons of the tent 
caterpillar are to be seen on every farm, 
the White-bellied Nuthatch is particularly 
useful, destroying as i t does large num- 
bers of the cocoons. Tearing them from 
their fastenings, he drags them along the 
rough bark of tlie tree until they catch, 
then pulls at them, tearing ofi" the outer 
covering of the chrysalis which is then 
devoured with apparent relish. These, 
together with numerous other insects 
which go to make up their daily food, 
particularly recommend them for protec- 
tion on the farm. We think the above 
cut will enable the dullest to identify Mr. 
Nuthatch. 
Prof. Oliver Davie, of Columbus. 
Ohio, returned recently from a five week's 
vacation among the islands of Lake Erie. 
The rest was much needed, as he has 
been overworking for sometime. He now 
feels considerably invigorated and has 
gone to work with renewed energy on 
his "Methods of Taxidermy." He now 
has 200 subscribers and expects to issue a 
prsspectus soon, with five of the plates of 
intended for the work, which will be sent 
to all subscribers and others interested in 
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The price of the work after publication 
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The discount on the work will be so small 
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able to secure the 300 additional sub- 
scribers necessary by January 1, 1891, in 
which case the work will go to press at 
that date. Send for a prospectus and sub- 
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