142 THE NAUTILUS. 
Picture to yourselves a wide, shallow brook bordered on either side 
with tall, beautiful flowering grasses, the brilliant cardinal flower 
and delicate lavender flowered mints, and you will have some idea 
of the scene of loveliness which awaited us, after our nine mile drive 
to South Jefferson, one fine day in August. The brook, which is called 
Dyer’s River, is rich in Molluscan life, and quantities of Unio com- 
planatus were to be found there. The dead shells of Margaritana 
arcuata were strewn along the banks, where they had been left by the 
pearl hunters. After collecting all the Unio complanatus we desired 
we used our hand-net with good success and the following shells 
were the result of the dredging: Campeloma decisum Say, Pisidium 
cequilaterale Pr., P. rotundatum Prime, var. torquatum Sterki, P. abdi- 
tum Hald., Amnicola limosa Say. 
My best hunting ground for Jand shells this Summer has been 
the crevices of an old ledge, and an old cellar where trees grow out 
of the cellar fioor. In the cellar and on and near the ledge I found 
Pupas, Vallonias, Succineas, Patulas and Zonites. Under some 
bricks near a building on my own place I have for several seasons 
found Vertigo pygmea Drap. but the find in land shells which I value 
most is Vallonia costata, which I found under rocks near our old sea- 
wall. These I have found in quantities since the tenth of November, 
finding some as late as the 27th of December. I believe this is the 
first time Vallona costata has been found in Maine. 
The report of the year’s effort and pleasure in the conchological 
line would not be complete if I did not mention our trip to Old 
Orchard Beach and Saco, Maine, one day last October. After 
reaching the beach it took us but a short time to realize that our 
find would be small that day, and, after three hours gleaning, we 
had a dozen or two Siliqua costata, one Astarte castanea, three Peri- 
ploma cochlodesma and a few other common shells; so, after eating 
our lunch and giving a few parting glances to the beach, we decided 
to take the electric car for Saco, and call on the Rey. Henry W. 
Winkley, whose interesting articles we have read in THe Nav- 
Titus. We had never met the gentleman, but our faith in the 
kind-heartedness of all true lovers of Nature gave us confidence, 
and surely this confidence was not misplaced. Mr. Winkley wel- 
comed us most cordially and inviting us into his library gave us the 
exquisite pleasure of closely examining the finest collecting of New 
England shells we had ever seen. Mr. Winkley has been dredging 
for several seasons and the many rare deep water shells in his 
