96 THE NAUTILUS. 



number 110977, in drift of White River, central Washington 

 Co., S. Dakota, collected by Mr. W. H. Over, August, 1914. 

 Associated with Pwpilla muscorum L. , P. blandi Mse. , Bifidaria 

 procera Gld., B. agna P. & V., B. pentodon Say, B. armifera 

 Say, Vallonia gracilicosta Reinh. and Succinea avara Say. Also 

 in the Academy's collection from drift along Indian Creek, 

 Pennington Co., S. D. (W. H. Over, viii, 24, 1914); Pike's 

 Peak, Colo. (E. Hall) ; Trinidad, Colo. (Dr. H. A. Pilsbry, 

 1906) ; ant hills, near Four Mile Hill, and charcoal zone 

 near Arroyo Pecos, Las Vegas, New Mexico (T. D. A. Cock- 

 erell, 1900). 



This species differs from P. hordaceus Gabb by its smooth 

 surface ; P. chordatus Pfr. is narrower, thinner, and has a tooth 

 at angle of aperture ; P. paradesii Orb. is costate and more 

 tapering. 



NOTES. 



LiTTORiNA LiTTOREA A FiSH. — In the casc Leavitt vs. Clarke in 

 the Divisional Court, in London, Eng., on May 7th, 1915, the 

 question arose as to whether a winkle is a fish. The appeal 

 was brought from a sentence under the Larceny Act, 1861, 

 which makes it illegal for a person to take or destroy fish from 

 private water. 



The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Reading, confessed he was 

 puzzled as to whether a winkle could be called a fish, but, 

 following the decision in Caygill vs. Thwaite (1885) that crav 

 fish were fish, he considered that the appeal must be dismissed. 

 Mr. Justice Avory agreed on the ground that for thirty years 

 the law had been thought to be laid down in the case cited. 

 Mr. Justice Low said that he saw no reason why a winkle 

 should not be called a fish! — F. R. Latchford. 



Mr. Frank C. Baker, formerly Acting Director of the Chicago 

 Academy of Science, is at present engaged on ecological work 

 in the School of Forestr}^, Syracuse University. 



