70 THE NAUTILUS. 



M. rugosa Bar. shaefferiana? Lea. 



Anodonta grandis Say. salmonea " 



plana Lea. ferusacciana " 



decora " ferruginea Lea. 



inibecillis Say. stewartiana Lea. 



ovata Lea. subcylindrica Lea. 



edentula Say. 



ON A COLLECTING TRIP TO MONTEREY BAY. 



BY WILLIARD M. WOOD. 



The editors of the Nautilus have asked me to write a short arti- 

 cle for the Nautilus, while I am here, on my trip to this once 

 famous collecting ground. 



Now that I am about to leave for San Francisco, I feel sorry to 

 think that I have not devoted more time to the collection of speci- 

 mens. Of course, there have been many long drives to be taken, a 

 dip in the surf once in a day, huckle-berry expeditions with friends, 

 and a thousand and one things to be done, while stopping at a sum- 

 mer watering place. 



Between these " sports," if I may be permitted to call them such, 

 I have managed to find time to do some collecting. 



The hotel at which I am stopj^ing is situated within five hundred 

 yards of the beach. To the north, runs a very smooth beach, 

 devoid of rocks of any character for some fourteen miles. To the 

 south, and extending for many miles, is a very rocky stretch. To 

 this rocky portion, almost all of my collecting trips were confined. 



Monterey is no longer the famous collecting ground it used to be. 

 The increasing population at and around Pacific Grove is driving 

 away all the land shells. The deadly sewerage flowing from the 

 various towns into Monterey Bay is killing the marine shells. 

 However, new and very interesting species are occasionally brought 

 up from deep water by the dredge. 



Early in the morning, on the 28th of June, I started by steamer 

 from San Francisco with my shell collecting outfit, consisting of glass 

 pill bottles for small shells, paper boxes, cigar boxes, cloth bags, 

 long, thin pieces of wood with i-ubber bands attached for the Chi- 

 tons, alcohol stove and pan for the killing of bodies of the shells, 



