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individuals as we do men, and feel that each had some marks even 

 though slight, to distinguish him from his companions. 



LIST OF SPECIES COLLECTED ON THE ISLANDS ST. THOMAS, ST. 

 KITTS, BARBADOS, JAMAICA. AND AT PENSACOLA, FLOR- 

 IDA ; WITH PREFATORY NOTES. 



BY WILLIAM H. RUSH, M. D., U. S. X. 



The first four months of 1891 were spent by the Pennsylvania 

 School Ship Saratoga in cruising in the West Indies, the stops being 

 at Bridgetown, Barbados ; at Basseterre, St. Christopher's Island ; 

 at Charlotte-Amalia ; at Kingston, Jamaica, and at Pensacola, Fla. 

 At Bridgetown, St. Leonard's Church-yard and St. Agnes' Ceme- 

 tery were the chief resorts. In the former were seen many speci- 

 mens of Bulimus ohlongus, Miill, all buried, to within a whorl or 

 two of the apex, in the damp ground next to the vaults and under 

 the roots of trees. They appear to be night prowlers as the sexton 

 stated that he had often observed them walking at night, especially 

 when moonlight. Their eggs were discovered around the roots of 

 trees upon the surface of the ground, but none were found buried 

 with the animal in the burrow in the earth. 



In the latter cemetery were taken specimens of Helix, Streptaxis, 

 Stenogyra and Bulimulus. 



A narrow-gauge railroad crosses the island from Bridgetown to 

 the eastern coast and advantage was taken of it to make a trip to 

 Bathsheba Beach. 



At all the other islands carriage hire was too expensive and the 

 time at my disposal too short for any extended trip, so footing it 

 was resorted to as the only way to reach reasonably near hunting 

 grounds. In this manner the deep goi'ges up in the mountains of 

 St. Kitts, at an elevation of one or two thousand feet, were visited, 

 and the delightful view from that elevation, the cool continuous 

 trade wind, and the beautiful forms of vegetation almost caused the 

 object of the journey to be forgotton. However, many specimens of 

 Bulimulus, Helicina, Helix and Amphihulima were taken. 



On Jamaica, Long Mt. and Rockfort, both near Kingston, were 

 visited at the suggestion of Mr. Henry Vendryes. At ]\Iona House, 



