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of dry bones." These are not Mr. Omond's actual words, 

 but I read into them this distinct meaning. The interest too 

 in Meteorology would be vastly heightened, and would appeal 

 with advantage to the scientific world. At least such is my most 

 humble opinion. J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Pomatorhine Skua in Ayrshire. On February 17, 1904, I 

 picked up a dead Pomatorhine Skua (Stercorarius pomatorhinus) at 

 Hunterston on the Ayrshire coast. It had lain some time, and was 

 too far gone for preservation, but I kept the skull and one of the 

 f ee t. ROBERT GODFREY, Edinburgh. 



Land Shells in Ayrshire. In connection with Mr. Thomas 

 Scott's Clyde List of Land and Fresh-water Mollusca in "The British 

 Association Handbook, 1901," I may note the following species 

 obtained during the past winter in the neighbourhood of West 

 Kilbride : 



Arion subfuscus. One under bark at Ardneil, November 11. 



Hyalinia nitida. Common in the shore marsh near Hunterston : 

 twenty-nine specimens were obtained on an old bag lying in the marsh 

 on March 14. A single specimen was also found in swampy ground 

 at Portincross on March 31. 



Hyalinia excavata. Twelve under stones at Seamill, Nov. 1 6 ; 

 and one at Portincross, February 5. 



Helix pulchella. Generally distributed along the shore, Chapel- 

 ton, Ardneil Bay, Portincross, Fence Bay. 



Pupa inuscorum. Abundant under stones on the sandy edge of 

 the links between Seamill and Chapelton. 



Vertigo substriata. A single specimen taken in the neighbour- 

 hood of Portincross. 



Adcula lineata. Two specimens at Portincross Rocks. 



Limntza palustris. At Knockewart Marsh, March 15. ROBERT 

 GODFREY, Edinburgh. 



Vertigo antivertigo in Midlothian. This small shell, which 

 does not appear to have been previously recorded from Midlothian, 

 occurs at the Marl Pit near Davidson's Mains, where I found a small 

 colony on May 4, 1904. A single specimen of another interesting 

 member of the same genus, Vertigo substriata, was obtained by me at 

 Kirknewton, near Mid-Calder, on March 29, 1902 ; this species has 

 been taken by Mr. Evans at Dreghorn, as recorded in the " Annals " 

 1897, p. 126. ROBERT GODFREY, Edinburgh. 



Helix virgata, Da Costa, in Fife. In the "Annals" for 1901 

 (p. 183) I referred to the occurrence of this shell on a ballast heap 

 near Kincardine-on-Forth. I have now to record it from Charles- 

 town on the Fife coast, where I found a colony on 3rd October last 

 upon waste ground where ballast used to be deposited. Doubtless 

 originally introduced with ballast, the species seems well established 



