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I fancy they have been cleared off by the pea-fowls who regularly 
bunt the ground, the pea-hen quartering the ground like a pointer. 
We have hardly any except the common brown snail now left. 
[ looked among the débdris round the rats’ hole, to see if they had 
chosen any particular kind of dainty snail, as the Romans did, and 
some moderns have done, but the broken shells were almost all 
those of the common brown snail, with only a coloured one here 
and there amongst them.” 
Helix nemoralis (The Wood Snail), with a dark lip, and Helix 
hortensis, with a white lip.—Generally dispersed and abundant 
everywhere. It has long been a question with conchologists 
whether these two forms are distinct species. Linneus united 
them. Miiller separated them. In modern times, Forbes and 
Hanley agree with the former, Gray with the latter. Mr. Gwyn 
Jeffreys says the variety hybrida seems to connect the two, and he 
regards nemoralis as the type, and hortensis and hybrida as local 
or casual varieties of one aud the same species. In the neigh- 
bourhood of Chichester nemoralis is found on the Downs amongst 
juniper-bushes and furze; hortensis is most common in the hedge- 
rows in the lowlands. The two forms are not found living 
together.—J. and H. 
Helix arbustorum. The Shrub Snail.—Local. On bushy banks 
about Henfield and other localities on the sand. Not met with on 
the clay.—B. Found plentifully among nettles by the roadside 
and near water in the village of South Harting, and elsewhere in 
the valley, but not. met with on the hills, although in other localities 
it is said to occur ata great elevation.—W. By the side of the 
“Cut” near Landport it is not uncommon (U), and is included 
amongst the species found in the neighbourhood of Brighton (M). 
It is omitted, however from the Eastbourne list.—G. 
Helix cantiana. The Kentish Snail—Abundant on the chalk 
and clay; less so on the sand.—B. Not uncommon on the wild 
plants growing in hedgerows about Harting (W), and on the hill as 
well as in the valley (H). One of the commonest shells about 
Ratham; every hedge abounds with it.—J. It occurs at East- 
bourne and Brighton, where it is common (M), and in the 
neighbourhood of Lewes is found on nettles at the foot of the 
Downs (U). 
Helix Carthusiana. The Carthusian Snail, so called from its 
having been first discovered near a Carthusian Monastery.—A 
