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breath! After a while, C. and J. being in advance, they ealled to 
E. and I that the trail was not so bad after all. We slid down, or, 
jumped down, as loose dirt or stones were under our feet, and, 
sooner than we hoped for, we were on the rocky beach below. 
Almost at the top of the cliff I had found, in the sandy rock, the 
Acmea patina; and the first shell I found on the wet rocks, was a 
live Acmea patina, Esch.! On a great mossy bed of solid stone 
about 40 feet square I found the Conus Californicus, Hds. so thick, 
I was reminded of wild strawberry picking in my younger days. 
The Conus in almost every instance was partly hidden in the wet 
moss. Near this mossy carpet.three Cyprea (Luponia) spadicea, 
Gray, were found by C. and J. If the collecting of the Conus 
reminded me of picking strawberries, the Zuponia in his shell with 
his red mantle dotted with bright yellow dots, was a huge strawberry 
himself! From under him rose his thin mantle until it almost 
covered his glossy shell. The shell shaded brown and drab, with a 
suggestion of the blue of the sky between the two colors, the trans- 
parent mantle, so gaily dotted with yellow, rising up over the 
brightly colored shell until it nearly met above in a frilled border, 
was a sight all five of us stood around and gazed at in wonder and 
admiration! Our delight found expression, then slowly the mantle 
was drawn down and out of sight.” 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IowA ACADEMY OF SCIENCEs, for 1887- 
1889, contains a history of the organization, and the following 
Conchological papers: Notes on the gross anatomy of Campeloma ; 
on a new fossil Limneid; The parvus group of Unionidee, by 
R. E. Call. There are also a number of papers on geology, botany 
and entomology by various authors. From R. E. Call. 
REPORT ON THE ANIMALS OF THE WATERS OF THE MIssIsstpPi 
Bottom NEAR Quincy, ILL, by H. Garman, Zool. Assist. Ill. 
State Lab. Nat. Hist. In a series of papers of which this is the 
first, it is purposed to set forth in a general way an exhibit of the 
animal life of the Waters of Illinois as related to fish-culture pri- 
marily, but also and finally in relation to nature at large. The 
present pamphlet treats of all forms of animal life observed at 
Quincy, in August, 1888. <A short list of mollusks, with notes, is 
given on pp. 25 to 27. From 8. A. Forbes, Director Ill. State Lab. 
INSEL. 
