s 



THE 



COLLECTOR'S MANUAL 



OF 



BRITISH LAND AND FRESHWATER 



SHELLS. 



CONTAINING FIGUEES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF EVERY SPECIES, AN 



ACCOUNT OF THEIR HABITS AND LOCALITIES, HINTS ON 



PRESERVING AND ARRANGING, ETC. ; THE NAMES 



AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE VARIETIES 



AND SYNOPTICAL TABLES SHOWING 



THE DIFFERENCES OF SPECIES 



HARD TO IDENTIFY. 



BY 



LIONEL ERNEST ADAMS, B.A., 



AUTHOR OF "/s C^Nv^S^ ^TEtf OF fc^GMsilk PARSING." 



ILLUSTRATED BY GERALD W. ADAMS AND THE AUTHOR. 



LONDON : 



GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET, 

 CO VENT GARDEN. 



1884. 



