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Bland, Thomas. A naturalist of New York, 

 who gave much attention to species of hind mol- 

 lusks. 



Broderip, Wm. J., (Brod.). An English natural- 

 ist who published several popular works on Zoology, 

 from 1847 to 1857. 



Button, Fred. L., 1856 — . An Oakland, Cal., 

 lawyer, who is much interested in Conchology, and 

 who has a very fine cabinet of shells. 



Carpenter, Philip P., (Cpr.) 1819-1877. A 

 very distinguished English conchologist who spent 

 considerable time in America. He studied the shells 

 of the West Coast, and made careful reports to the 

 British Association, one ot which was reprinted by 

 the Smithsonian Institution in 1872. 



Chemnitz, (Chem.). A German naturalist of 

 the 18th century. 



Cockerell, T. D. a., 1866 — . An enthusiastic 

 naturalist; born in England; now a protessor in the 

 University of Colorado. 



Conrad, Timothy A., 1803-1877. A dis- 

 tinguished American writer upon recent and fossil 

 shells. He was born in New Jersey. 



Cooper, Dr. J. G., 1831-1902. A noted Cali- 

 fornia conchologist and writer who made a particu- 

 lar study of land mollusks. 



Dale, Wm.H., 1845 — . One of the foremost of 

 American naturalists. He has long been at the 

 head of the Department of Mollusks in the U. S. 

 National Museum. 



Deshayes, Gerard P., (Desh.), 1796-1875. A 



