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and sharpened, and the handle is sawed off to about three feet. 

 For collecting under dead leaves, etc., a small rake is helpful and 

 large stretches can be raked over in a short time. 



The snails, as they are gathered, are put into a box or can, 

 with some moss or leaves at the bottom. It is a good plan 

 to have the box covered with canvas or soft leather, or still 

 better, with a thin rubber sheet such as a piece of an old tire, 

 with a slit in it. The snails can be put in easily and are pre- 

 vented from crawling or falling out, and there is no bother in 

 removing and putting on a lid. If the box is fastened to the 

 belt, both hands are left free for work. 



Snails with very thin, fragile shells, e. g. Succinea, should 

 be kept separate, lest they be broken. The smallest should 

 be put into a wide mouthed bottle or vial or better in a wooden 

 pill box. 



For a longer trip, in diversified country, several receptacles 

 should be provided. The specimens from a hillside should not 

 be mixed with those from lowlands, or from a swamp, etc. 

 To each collection a label should be added at once, noting the 

 locality, its nature, etc., and the date. 



Naked or shelless snails or slugs should not be overlooked, 

 especially species of Philomyciis, which are from half an inch 

 to several inches long when extended. They are mostly found 

 under the loose bark of decaying logs or stumps. Large Limax 

 may be found in cellars, under board walks, in nurseries, etc. 



In greenhouses and nurseries, especially old, established 

 ones, a number of snails and slugs can be found that have been 

 introduced with plants, etc., chiefly from Europe. 



Collect large numbers of specimens wherever possible. 

 It is desirable to secure good, living snails, but even dead shells 

 should be taken if they appear in any way different from living 

 ones; they may represent different species, or forms, and 

 "a dead shell is better than none at all" for faunistic purposes. 



SMALL SNAILS. 



More than one half of the number of species of land snails 

 are small to minute, some measuring only one to two milli- 

 meters. These in part live at the same places with the larger 

 ones, but are frequently found also among mosses, lichens, 

 fine debris, etc. Large numbers of small Pupidae are occasion- 

 ally seen crawling on old stumps. They may be taken up 



