ZOOLOGY. 377 



' ' This little species is found in wet stations about meadows, &c., from Vancouver to the 

 coast, where it is most abundant, under drift logs, &c. , high up on the meadows, which are 

 occasionally overflowed by the tide. It is also rarely found under trees. I did not obtain any 

 at Puget Sound." C. 



HELIX VANCOUVERENSIS. 



Hdix vancouverensis, LEA, in Trans. Philos. Soc. pi. XXIII, f. 72. 

 Hob. Washington Territory ; Dr. Cooper. 



' ' H. Vancouverensis is found west of the Cascade mountains, most abundant under the alder 

 groves along the coast in damp places; also occasionally with H. Townsendiana. The animal 

 is entirely of a yellowish white color. Some are also found on Whidby's island." C. 



HELIX DEVIA. 



Helix devia, GOULD, Exped., Shells, p. . 

 Hdix Baskervillei, PFR. REEVE, C. I. pi. , f. . 

 Hob. Washington Territory ; Dr. Cooper. 



Inhabits damp woods near Vancouver. Only two specimens were found. C. 



HELIX TUDICULATA. 



Helix ludiculata, BINNEY, Terrestrial Molluscs. 

 Hab. Washington Territory ; Dr. Cooper. 



This is also a rare species in Washington Territory, and is found with the preceding. C. 



SUC CINE A NUTTALLIANA. 



Sucdnea nuttalliana, LEA, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. , vol. II, p. 32 ; Trans, of ditto, vol. IX, p. 4 ; PFEIFFER, Mon. Hel. 

 Viv. I, 523, III, 15 ; BINNEY, Terr. Moll. U. S. H, 81 ; pi. LXVIIa, fig. 4. 



Found at Vancouver, where it is apparently rare, and was not observed alive. C. 



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Family LIMACEJ1. 

 LIMAX COLUMBIANUS. 



The Columbian Slag. 



Umax columbianus, GOULD, in Binney's Terr. Moll. U. S., II, 43; pi. LXVI,fig. 1. U. S. Ex. Exped. Moll., p. 3, 

 %. 1, a. b. c. 



This large slug abounds in the dense damp spruce forests near the Pacific coast, and was not 

 observed by me in the dry region east of the Cascade mountains. It is to be found during 

 every month of the year in Washington Territory, being even more abundant in the rainy 

 winter than in warmer seasons; its activity being checked only by severe cold, while it cannot 

 bear continued drought. 



It not unfrequently drops from the trees, but whether it ascends to any great height I have 

 not observed. Though apparently offering a tempting meal to birds and other animals I never 

 knew them to devour it. 



This slug grows to the length of six inches, but shrinks to a third of that size in alcohol. Its 

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