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 lti our HOLTEDAHL. [5m Aact EXP. rmn

ur are without stratigraphic value, the question is not yet settledi Dr. (L W I in l|l.~ paper an the tossils From the "Heels" and “Fury” mllectiuns. H. r. p. ‘lljiit mentions that a part of the collection may be [ruin the highest niemher ol the Ningnrnn. the Guelph.

l have mentioned the phocaJauna here because in Scnsis material lrum R I qund n Inrm, which although not inlenticnl, slinws a very strung relation tn Lissah'ypa 11120011, There is a possihitity that the phom-Inunn may he younger than the Niagaran and mine near to the Keyser.

I have myself had an nppurtunily oI seing rullections Irnm one oi

the Lphocrz lm-ali 'es, \‘i Beerhey Island. I have below: me a roller-

tinn nimle in the autumn of 1903 during the Voyage at the “Gji‘m”, tinptnin ROALD A.“

NDSEN, through the Northwest Passage, mnl further- more 1 have inspected in the Peabody Museum a colleuliml from the same lucnlity matte (luring the cruise til the “Neptune” 190371904. The lirst I-oltertion cuttlﬂitts“ hesitles numeruus and very nice specimens of Lissa- [rypu [thaw the ordinary specie Acervulurirt austini SALTER and Strep/Index pictlmrni l-tLTElt and a Fnrasiles.

As to the lust mentioned collection there is also very little ohtain- zihle Irum it as wry few fossils, that would be available for tixing the nge were Inunil, The L'ullectinn mainly contains poorly preserved gastro- pmls, hesilles sume Ie\\‘ ln'arhiupoils and ustrneotls The only nther bmehio-

putts hesizles the L. phocn, that (main, is a small Meristclla-like form,

that is nut of great use for slrntigruphieal purpuses. OI great interest is the ace

ieinze of a large. elongate Leperditiu, which seems to be entirely like the Lepvrdilia elvnyaln \VELLen. as lzu- as can he seen frum the illustration at th ' fossil, a form lumwn exclusively Irom the Keyser of Murylninl ntul form the Rnndnut ul New Jersey.

Another lnct which may indicate that the pliaeaJwrls represent rvlnlivuly young ones is the. stmtigruphienl conditions un Beet-hey Islmul ns fur as they run he jullgeil lrvnl llie report of “The Cru Neptune”. On p. 22l \u- rend: ~ “—~ — Similar

e of the

'unvlitinns prevail
 * il lim'ltey lslmnl. where u lnrge rnllertiun nl Iosils was obtained

[ruin the Inner limestune hells, while nthm's pirketl up hwse hutevitlontly lullnn Irnni thr- clitis nlmru. slmu'ell that the upper hells passed t-lnso lu it nut into the lh‘vunlnn 7 ~". liy the Inner lmds I.~ here nwnt the I-mnnmn rirh Inuit-lmnring limestunv with the IIIIDCIl-llltltltl.

'l'his n-nnn-l; is at especial interest Inr nnuther rensnn nlsn, nnuiely

lrt'i':|ll~l‘, mining the innterinl Irum Iluerhey Islntltl brought by the “Gjiin-