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tained by a cold current flowing from the North European to the 
North Atlantic coast. The evidence avaikxble seems to point to a 
migration of the American species by a route to tlie west and north 
of the main part of the Atlantic basin. 
Mr. Matthew also contributed another paper entitled: Illustra- 
tions of the Fn mux of the ISt. John Group, No. VII. 
This is the final paper on this subject and treats chiefl}^ of the 
fauna of the highest horizon in the group. It was accompanied 
by a list of all the species of the St. John group, showing the sev- 
eral horizons at which they have been found. 
There was an index to the whole series of the author's papers 
on the species of this group ; those of the Basal series which under- 
lies it, and those described by the author from the Cam])rian rocks 
of Newfoundland. 
Besides the species from the highest horizon of the Bretonian 
Division (Div. 3) which formed the main subject of this paper, a 
few others from near the base of this division were described. 
Among these are a small Camarella and Strophomena, also small, 
which is perhaps the oldest known l)eing from near the horizon of 
Pa raholina sp in ulosa. 
From the highest horizon itself the species are of the age of those 
of the Levis shale, or thereabout, as shown by the graptolites 
found here. There are several orthids, some of which are identi- 
cal with, or are varieties of species of tUe Levis limestone de- 
scribed \)j Billings. The few trilobites known are of Cambrian 
types and include a Cyclognatlius allied to 6^. micropjjgus and a 
Ealoina. Several minute pteropods occur in these shales with the 
graptolites. 
The fossils of this horizon are known only from one locality, 
near the Suspension Bridge at the " falls" of the St. John river, 
where they have escaped denudation owing to the complete over- 
turn which the St. John group has undergone at that point. 
Mr. J. F. Whiteaves then presented a paper on The Fossils 
of the Hudson River Formation in Manitoba. 
The occurrence at the mouth of the Little Saskatchewan of 
rocks, which, on the evidence of a single fossil, were doubtfully 
referred to the Hudson Biver formation, is recorded b}' Dr. R. 
Bell in the Report of Progress of the Geological Survey for 1874- 
75. The first definite recognition of that formation in Manitoba, 
however, is contained in the Report of Progress of the survey 
for 1878-79, on the evidence of a large series of characteristic 
Hudson River fossils collected at Stony mountain by Dr. KUs in 
1875 and by Dr. Bell in 1879, preliminary lists of which were 
given. An additional collection of fossils from this very prolific 
locality was made by Mr. Weston in 1884. In 1891 and 1892 
Mr. D. B. Dowling found that Hudson River rocks occur also at 
Clarke's Harbour, ten miles north of the Little Saskalehewnn, and 
