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conglomerate, the other a grey calcareous sandstone which often 
consists of little else than comminuted shells. The grains of sand 
found in varj'ing proportions are fine and of uniform size, indi- 
cating deposit in tranquil waters of moderate depth. There are 
many minute black specks which are probably manganese. 
To show the distribution of these fossils, I have appended a 
table showing the occurrence of the species elsewhere. The 
presence of characteristic species of the Haitian Miocene indi- 
cates that the deposit belongs to that period. Though Dali and 
others have used the term “Oligocene” for the deposits of this 
age I see no reason for doing so as the epithet Miocene is suffi- 
ciently good for the typical series of deposits found in Haiti, 
Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Panama, &c., &c. (See m}^ paper on 
the Caribean Region, Trans. Can. Inst. 1908-9, p. 381.) Most 
of the species dealt with in this paper are w'ell-known to me as 
occurring in the Caroni beds of Savaneta. Manj’^ of them were 
procured for me by my excellent friend, the late Louis Alexander 
Lero}', a planter and colonist of high intelligence and attain- 
ments. These I described and published in scientific journals. 
For the naming of the present collection, I have referred chieflj- 
to the works of Carrick Moore and Sow’erby on the Haitian fos- 
•sils, and to my own writings on the Jamaican, Haitian and Trin- 
idadian fossils. I have also referred to Gabb’s w'ork w'here neces- 
sary, and in a few ca.ses to Dali’s fine monograph on the Florida 
fossils. 
Some time ago, I published a Note on Fossils from Tamana. 
As these are of the same geological age as the present collection 
and as the corals of the Tamana deposit are similar to those of 
St. Croix, Naparima, I take this opportunity to correct an error 
made by P. Martin Duncan in his paper on these corals.* His 
statements as to the alliances of the Naparima fossils and rocks 
are incorrect. The St. Croix beds and the Tamana beds are 
Journal Geological Society, 1867, Page 12. 
