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Wigtownshire Mollusca. Since my paper was printed I 

 have received a few additional notes, and shall always be pleased 

 to have more. Mr J. F. Musham found Cochlicopa lubrica numerous 

 about Stranraer, 15th August 1909, and Carychium minimum in 

 Dunskey Wood, iSth August 1909. He found Pupa cylindracea 

 numerous on dry stone walls at Dunskey Wood, and Clausilia 

 bidentata much the commonest shell in the district about the 

 Battery at Portpatrick. The Battery Portpatrick record for Vitrina 

 pellucida is his, and he found Avion subfuscus numerous about 

 Stranraer. The Dunskey Wood record for Ancylus flitviatilis is an 

 error of transcription : it was numerous in a burn by the roadside 

 about a mile out of Portpatrick on the road to Stranraer, close to 

 the " London " milestone. I hope other naturalists will add to 

 these and my other lists. W. Denison Roebuck, Leeds. 



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