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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. gratidis, 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- 
eia, that is the}' are the West Indian miocene Analogues of living 
pacific shells. Several such species are indicated in ni}' writings: 
but I would not as.sume their ar-solute identity on the ground of 
their resemblance. The species of the cabinet Naturalist is not ■ 
always a natu'/al species. I quote from my Paper on the Gulf of 
Paria on this subject : — “The cabinet Naturali.st 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 e\'en into two or three 
Genera.’’ In the Paper quoted I have said more on this subject 
but this may suffice for the pre.sent. 
(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 tli&Offieial Gazette of Trinidad by order of the Gov- 
ernor August 1901 but as that publication is not widely read the 
paper is for facility of reference reprinted here : — 
REPORT ON FOSSILS FOUND IN TOBAGO. 
I. Specimens from Lambe.vu. 
“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 Tobagau 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 
