‘i he Echinodermata of Jdew (Br^mstvick. 17 
Sir William Dawson, over thirty years ago, was acquainted 
with the littoral fauna of the southern part of the Gulf, but 
he never published anything upon it. During the summers 
of 1871-72-73, Mr. Whiteaves dredged in the deeper, and to a 
limited extent in the shallower parts of the Gulf of St. Law- 
rence, but was able to give but little attention to the latter. 
From our whole North Shore, excluding for reasons presently 
to appear the deeper parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and 
its outliers. Orphan and Bradelle Banks, we have recorded 
only eight or nine species of Echinoderms. It must, 
however, be remembered that the shoal and sandy character 
of the region is not favorable for an abundance of this group, 
which prefers rather deep and rocky situations. Mr. Whit- 
eaves’ results, including much valuable material on the 
physiography of the region, were published in a series of 
papers (P), which will be found described in the Bibliography. 
We wish very much to liave filled this gap in our knowledge 
of the Invertebrate Zoology of the Province, and any of our 
teachers who may live upon the North Shore will be render- 
ing to it a leal service if they will help to make known to 
this Society what species are to be found upon the shores and 
in the shallow waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. There is 
work of this kind to be done, too, upon the Bay of Pkindy coast, 
for we know nothing of the distribution of forms beyond 
Gharlotte County, llow far up the Bay any of them extend 
we do not know. 
In the coast waters of New Brunswick, as limited in this paper 
(no fresh-water Echinoderm whatever is known), there have 
been found twenty-eight good species of this group.* Of these 
the majority are forms of wide distribution, but a few of them 
have some special interest. 
Such is the case with our one Crinoid, our single represen- 
tative of a group which is of such great pahnontological impor- 
* This is the number wliich the writer had foiuid reported at the time of writing 
this paper, and it probably includes all that have ever been repoxted inpnnt. As 
this paper is passing through the press, however-, Pi-of. VeiTill, in a letter to the 
witter, says that thei’e ai-e many other species known to him to occur in the Bay of 
Fundy, all of which will be refeiTed to in a futui-e report. Prof Verrill mentions 
«pecial'y six moi*e Holothurians, thi-ee Stai-fishes and four Ophiui-ans. 
