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specimen, from Gastonburg, Ala. It was plainly a B. armifera, 

 large, especially the last whorl, much larger than the penultimate, 

 evidently overgrown, with a very small and slight parietal lam. A 

 specimen, corresponding especially with the first-mentioned, of Bifid, 

 corticaria, from Jackson county, Ala., was received years ago from 

 Mr. H. E. Sargent. 3.1 mm. high; peristome straight and thin; 

 aperture without a trace of lamellae. 



EEV. A. B. KENDIG, D. D. 



Dr. Amos B. Kendig, one of the best known Methodist clergymen 

 of New England, died January 20, 1909, at Brookline, Mass. 



Dr. Kendig was born in Lancaster county, Penna., in 1830, re- 

 moving to Iowa when a young man. He at first studied law, but 

 changed to the ministry, and was ordained in 18o2. In the Civil 

 War he served for a time as chaplain of the 9th Iowa regiment. 



In 1875 Dr. Kendig came to Boston and became pastor of the 

 Monument Square M. E. Church in Charlestown. Later he held 

 pastorates in Lynn, "Worcester and Boston ; then going to Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., East Orange, N. J., and New York City. 



Dr. Kendig was known for his energy in all that he undertook. 

 He was a man of devout Christian character, and he brought to his 

 profession the courtesy and the manners of a gentleman of the old 

 school. A man of broad culture and sympathy, he took great inter- 

 est in scientific matters, and was a member of several learned soci- 

 eties. He took up the study of mineralogy at one time, aad made a 

 large and fine collection of minerals, which he presented to a college 

 in Iowa, Later he made a study of land shells of the world, built 

 up a large and valuable collection, and accumulated a library. In 

 1903 he decided to give up the study of shells, his collection going 

 to the Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

 Dr. Kendig had many warm friends among conchologists. He is 

 survived by two daughters, Mrs. George F. Kellogg and Mrs. Silas 

 Peirce. 



8UPPLEMENTAEY NOTES ON THE BREEDING SEASONS OF THE 

 UNIONID^. 



BY CHAS. H. CONNER. 



Dr. A. E. Ortmann's article, relative to the breeding seasons of 

 the UnionidcE, will doubtless be received as an interesting and valu- 

 able contribution to the subject, and in order to extend its usefulness, 

 so far as my limited ability will permit, I beg to present a condensed 

 report of my observations, made from I'.Oo to 1908 inclusive. I, too, 

 have noticed some apparent variations in the breeding periods of 

 individuals, as also in the species, in different years. Possibly this 



