268 Qnciiierly Journal of Conchology. 



The colony I discovered at St. Sampson's has. in all likeli- 

 hood, perished, together ^vith its offspring (if it had any), in con- 

 sequence of the inappropriate aspect selected by its founder, who, 

 if I arn not greatly in error, discovered his mistake, and afterwards 

 repeated his experiment in Vazon Bay with better success. I can 

 hardly think this species existed in 1873 in Vazon Bay, or, indeed, 

 anywhere else in Ckiernsey except near St. Sampson's, as I made 

 a very close and diligent search over the whole island, for which I 

 had ample opportunity during a residence there of several naonths, 

 my whole time being devoted to that object ; nor is it at all likely 

 that this very conspicuous species could have been overlooked by 

 so observant a naturalist as the late Dr. Lukis, had it been in 

 Guernsey in his day. 



I may add that, though 1 cannot actually recall the circum- 

 stance to mind, it is very likely I shovred some of the St. 

 Sampson's shells to Mr. W. Randall, whom I frequently met in my 

 rambles. 



LIST OF LAND SHELLS COLLECTED ON FLTZROY 

 LSLAND ; WFITI NOTES ON THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL 

 RANGE. 



By John Brazier, C.M.Z.S., 



MemLcr of ihe Royal cind Linucan Societies of New Soulli Wales, 

 Corresponding Member of the Royal .Society of Tasmania. 



Fitzroy is a small granitic island on the North-East Coast of 

 Australia, near Cape Grafton, and about one mile off the main- 

 land ; it is nearly two miles long North-East and South-West, and 

 two-thirds of a mile broad ; it rises to a peak S60 feet above the 

 level of the sea, and is well vrooded right to its summit. Among 

 the most luxuriant tropical growths, which are of great frequency, 

 the familiar Eucalypti rear their not always graceless stems. One's 

 progress is very much impeded in the valleys by prodigious 

 climbers with stems 200 to 300 yards long (Calai)ius Australis), 



