Tlie Devonian System in Canada. — WJiiteaves. 2^1 
tiouf, by mere fragments that have not yet been critically ex- 
amined. From a comparison between the foregoing lists it 
would appear that Echinodermata and Vermes are more 
numerous in genera and species in the Hamilton formation 
than in the Corniferous, but eight of the fourteen species of 
Vermes from the Hamilton formation are jaws or teeth of 
conodonts that are very small and difficult to find. 
The black shales at Kettle point, which are supposed to 
represent the Genesee slates of the state of New York, have 
so far yielded only a still undetermined Lingula, and four 
species of fossil plants (Calamites inornatus, Lepidodendron 
primcevum, macrospores of Protosalvinia huronense, and a 
Spirophyton) that have been determined or described by Sir 
William Dawson. 
The Tully limestone, the supposed representative of the 
Cuboides zone of the European Devonian, and the Naples 
beds, o\ Intumescens zone, of western New York, have not yet 
been recognized in Ontario. 
One of the results of the explorations of Dr. R. Bell, in 
1871, 1875, 1877 ^iid 1886, on behalf of the geological survey 
of Can-.da, was the discovery of a large area of Devonian rocks 
to the west and southwest of James bay. In 1871 Dr. Bell 
collected a few fossils on the Albany river (which is now part 
of the dividing line betv/een Ontario and the District of Kee- 
watin) between Marten's falls and the Forks; and in 1886 a 
much larger number on the same river below the Forks. Some 
of these fossils are from a yellowish gray hmestone, and those 
obtained from this limestone in 1886 represent seventeen 
species. Twehe of these appear to be identical with Corni- 
ferous species from Ontario and New York state, and the re- 
mainder are either undeterminable or undescribed. Others 
are from small patches of red marl, and these fossils seem to 
indicate the Hamilton formation, the prevalent species being 
perfect and well preserved specimens of Spirifera pennata (At- 
water), formerly known as S. mucronata Conrad. 
Collections of fossils, that are obviously of Devonian age, 
were made by Dr. Bell in 1875 and 1877 on the Moose river, 
and two of its larger tributaries, the Missinaibi and Matta- 
gami. Lists of these fossils, most of which are identical with 
v/ell-known Corniferous species, were published in the "Re- 
