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work to all the stations, they would confer a boon upon the 

 men themselves, and lighten many a tedious hour. When it 

 is mentioned that on the island of Heligoland, Herr Gaetke 

 has, during his thirty years' residence there, educated almost 

 every man, woman, and child on the island to a pitch of field 

 ornithological knowledge which is on a level with that of 

 many amongst professed naturalists, it is only to instance 

 what might be done in this country by the judicious expen- 

 diture of a little money and the addition of a few more 

 volumes to the lighthouse libraries. 



IX. List of Shells and Zoojfhytes from the Firth of Forth not 

 hitherto recorded in the Society's Proceedings. By John 

 E. Hendekson, Esq. 



(Read 23d April 1884.) 



1. Linm loscombii (G. B. Sowerby). 



2. Tellina crassa (Gmelin) var. alhida. 



3. Scalaria trevelyana (Leach). 



4. Trichotropis horealis (Broderip and Sowerby). 



One specimen approaching Jeffreys' var. acuminata. 



5. Trophon harvicensis (Johnst.). 



6. Philine scahra (Mliller). 



