122 TlIK NAUTILLS. 



are everywhere developing many deep siiid shaded coves, which for 

 the trained collector are a tiling of beauty and a joy forever. 



The mountain streams of" north Alabama flow through a region as 

 attractive to the tourist as it is fascinating to the collector. Wlio 

 knows what knowledge lies buried in the dashing waters of Hurricane 

 Creek, or waits some intrepid wader in the numerous shoals ot" Flint 

 and Paint Rock rivers? 



Monte Sano is already a classic collecting ground. Years ago it 

 was made famous by its sul»carbonit'erous fossils, and many a botanist 

 has climbed with fage-rness it-* precipitous slopes. Here the curious 

 Chittamwood (the Great American Smoke Tree) — Cotinus coliiwides 

 (Nutt.) Britton, whose type locality is tlie Grand River, Arkansas, 

 finds a congenial home.' It is not improbable that it was rediscov- 

 ered by Buckley on this very mountain. 



But to the conchologist Monte Sano is chiefly interesting as the 

 type locality of three land shells, all of which were introduced to 

 science by that indefatigable naturalist, Professor Herbert H. Smith, 

 whose versatility of mind, keenness of vision, and scientific caution 

 universally commend him. 



Carychlum nanndes Clapp,' is one of the smallest, if not the small- 

 est, of all lantl shells. It prefers the damp woods, hiding between 

 half-decayed leaves in sheltered situations, near the mountain top. 

 Vitrea lewisinna Clapp," is still to be considered one of our rarest 

 shells. The yellow animal is clearly visible throngh the thin white 

 shell, and when crawling on the under surface of the dull-colored 

 rocks, whi(;h it seems to prefer, n)akes a most pleasing picture. 

 Polygyra sinitliii Clapp,* has a very evident fondness for mud and 

 clay. Even when it shows itself on some damp day in the crevices 

 of an old wall, or on a pile of rocks, its hirsute epiderniis betrays its 

 domi(;ile, and often, under logs, it is found partially buried or 

 " balled " in clay. When cleaiieil up, however, by gently br\ishing 

 under tepid water, a method which preserves the hairs (and lor 



• Mohr, PlKtit Life of Ahibama, pp. 34, 84, 600, and Plate VI. Bee also 

 Gattiiifier, Flora of Tennesseo, p. 114, where for "Limestone County,'' read 

 "Madisoti County " 



'Nautilus, Vol. XIX, p. 01. 

 'Nautilus, Vol XXI, pp. 129, 130. 

 *Nautilus, Vol XIX, pp. 73, 74. 



