140 Hie American Geologist. February, issw 
witli the Tejoii. passing up without any bi'eak into a characteristic 
Eocene fauna. Tlie Sliasta fauna and the Chico fauna were believed 
to have so little in common that a time-hiatus was inferred to exist 
between tliem. 
The i)resent paper, based princijiall.v on (he study of -Mr. J. S. 
Diiler's collections from northern California, Oregon and "Washington, 
shows that there is an intimate commingling of Shasta and ('hico 
species and that all the fossils from both formations seem to belong 
to a single fauna. This is es])ecially well shown in the collections 
from ITorsetown and various localities on Cottonwood creek, Shasta 
county. California. 
TliH Shasta-t!hico fauna contains many species that arc closely re- 
lated to forms described from th(> Englisii lUackdown beds (drault or 
Cenomaniaii ), while very few, if any, of its species are identical with 
those found in the Upper (h-etace(.)us beds in the interior of the United 
States east of the Rocky mountains. It is therefore suggested that a 
considerable part of the Up|)er ('retaceous series may be lacking in 
the racific states. The conclusions reached concerning the relation- 
shi]) of the faunas of the Shasta and Chico formations are probably 
also true of the <2ueen Charlotte and Vancouver faunas of British 
Columbia. 
N. H. Dartox — Overthrust faults in eastern New York. 
(-rave an account, with illustrations, of some small l)ut typical over- 
tlirust faults in the rocks of eastern New York. 
rt was then moved by ^Ir. F. IX Adams, seeoudetl by Mr. C. 
K. Van Hise. and l^uanimously carried, "that the thanks of the 
Society be tendered to his excellency, the <2;overnor-general of the 
dominion of Canada, for the cordial welcome which he extended 
to the Society, and to her excellency, lady Stanley, for her ver}' 
kind hospitality. To the Logan Club for its invitation to the So- 
ciety to meet in Ottawa and for its generous hospitality, and 
especially to its committee, consisting of Messrs. Selw}^!, Klls, 
Tyrrell and W. H. Smith, whose untiring etl'orts have so largely 
contributed to the success of the meeting. To the Royal Society 
of Canada, for its invitation to meet in Ottawa, and its kind at- 
tentions during the Society's visit. And to the clerk of the 
House of Commons for the ample suite of rooms which he placed 
at the disposal of the Society during this, its fifth annual meet- 
ing." 
Before dispersing Messrs. Kairchild. McGec^ and Emerson all 
gave voice to the general sentiment that the meeting was one of 
the most su(KH'Ssful in the history of the society. 
To all the members present, and nuti-e especially to those from 
Ottawa itself, the meeting has a mournful interest, as it com- 
l)leted the life work of Mr. W. H. Smith, the secretary of the 
local committee ami a member of the staff of the Canadian fxeo- 
logical Survey, whose constant attention did so much to make 
the meeting a success. 
After the reading of his pai)er. on Friday, he was obliged to 
keep to his home by an attack of acute catarrh. This developed 
into pleurisv. and to it he succumbed on the evening of January 
19th, 
