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on the other hand, he mixed up, in several instances, different 

 species, even genern, in one species. The best I did so far was in 

 Clinch River in Claiborne Co., Tenn. 38 species within of a 

 mile of the river. But I have several other good localities; and so 

 far only in a region where the rivers are not too large (where I was 

 able to wade clear across)." 



COLORADO COLLEGE at its last commencement conferred the 

 honorary degree of Sc.D. on Professor Theodore D. A. Cockerell, 

 who holds the Chair of Zoology in the University of Colorado. 



DR. C. MONTAGUE COOKE has returned from a trip by schooner 

 to Palmyra Island, an islet south of the Hawaiian group, near the 

 Equator. 



MR. H. N. LOWE, of Long Beach, Cal., reports good success in 

 collecting Helices during a recent trip to Catalina Islands. 



MR. D. THAANTM in company with Mr. Kuhns, of Honolulu, 

 spent two weeks in July collecting land shells in Maui. "With the 

 exception of one day, all our time was spent in entirely new territory, 

 and the results are highly satisfactory. Our first headquarters was 

 at an altitude of 4000 feet above Ulupalakua on East Maui. From 

 there we worked two remnants of forest, one at Polipoli (Kula),and 

 one on the opposite side of camp, Auwahi. Kula seemed exhausted. 

 Two species of Amastra and five specimens of Laminella picta were 

 all we could gather in, besides ' trash ' of course. Auwahi turned out 

 better. Four species of Amastra and one of Partulina, this latter 

 scarce. From there we jumped to West Maui and spent three days 

 in Oluwalu gulch. 1 have never seen a shell-record from there, nor 

 heard ot anybody ever collecting there. No Partulinas were found, 

 except three fragments (P. perdix and hthnsi); but I know we did 

 not get up high enough. Otherwise the finds were simply amazing ! 

 Six species or varieties of Amastra, four of them apparently new, 

 and several new species of Leptac.hatina, besides ' pin-heads. ' " 



LAND SHELLS CARRIED BY BIRDS I am sending in a small 



