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very large j pillar lip, near its upper extremity, broad, flat, and very slightly 

 reflected at the edge; outer lip, dilated. Immediately beneath this shell is 

 situated the orifice of the duet, which transmits air to the lungs; so that the 

 use of the shell appears to us to be that of protecting and keeping the 

 orifice free and open, and to prevent its being choked with earth, through 

 which the animal is continually burrowing. 



Proceeding from the head are two regular pairs of tentacula, but it can, 

 at its pleasure, expand and convert the lateral parts of the mouth into a 

 subsidiary pair, which are there situated immediately beneath the anterior, or 

 the smaller pair, to which they are nearly equal in their length and size. 



This Slug docs not hybernate, as may be ascertained, when they are found 

 on digging them up in winter; they will be observed in pursuit of their prey, 

 and may often be seen emerging from the ground, and crawling about on 

 the surface. In the months of May and August the eggs are to be found; 

 they are oval, hard, and opaque, and when fresh are quite white, but after- 

 wards assume a brownish colour. If the eggs are placed on a warm surface, 

 or in the warm hand, they will explode with a loud noise, dispersing the 

 contents and shell to a considerable distance. It inhabits gardens in the 

 neighbourhood of London : it has, we believe, been found plentifully in gardens 

 at Hammersmith, Lambeth, and in the Koyal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, 

 and in fields and gardens in the neighbourhood of Hampstead and Hendon, 

 We are informed by Mr. Garroway that it is found in the Bristol Nurseries, 

 and that he has frequently, when a boy, made many shillings of them, by 

 collecting them and selling them to strangers. Mr. Miller, a late proprietor 

 of these nurseries, we believe was the first to take notice of this singular 

 creature. We have met with them frequently for the last six months in 

 the extensive nurseries of Taunton: it has also been found in gardens in 

 Gloucestershire. It was found many years ago in Ireland, at Youghal, by 

 Robert Ball, Esq., of Dublin; and the late Mr. Thompson says that it has 

 also been found in a garden at Bandon, by Mr. G. S. Allam. Of the Testa- 

 cella, three species are described and figured by Mr, Sowerby: — T. Maugei, 

 an inhabitant of Teneriffe; T. haliotideus; and our present subject, T. scutulum. 



In conclusion, we shall feel obliged for any further information on this 

 singular moUusk through the pages of ''The Naturalist." 



5, Middle Street, Taunton, February 11th., 1853. 



Ornithology of tlie Leeds District.— The Geese referred to in a former paper, are the Bean 

 Goose, {Anser ferus, Flcm.) (Anser seyetum, Staph.) (^Anas segetum, Mont.) and the Wild 

 or Grey lag Goose, {Anas anser, Mont.) both shot at Killingbeck. I must have omitted the 

 Euff, [Maclietes pugnax^ in my list, which has been shot at Eoundhay. Two fine specimens, 

 male and female, were shot during the summer of 1851, in the marshy bottoms 'at Panncl, 

 by A. Dickinson, Esq., it seems probable that they may have bred there, which of course 

 would be something unusual. — John Dixon, June, 1853. 



