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TAYLOR: ON HELIX ARBUSTORUM. 



It is found in Lapland according to Von Wallenberg; 

 Colbeau gives Belgium; Morch, Denmark; and Miss Hele, 

 Holland, remarking at same time that Dutch specimens "are 

 more like British in size and color than in any other part of 

 Europe." Mr. Ponsonby states that it is found at Munich, 

 Bavaria; Buda-Pesth; Campiodon and other localities in Spain; 

 Savoy; in the Brenner Pass (5000 feet); and in Norway. In 

 Switzerland it is found at Lausanne, Frutigen, Interlaken, 

 Ghiessbachj Fluellen, and Courmayeur, also in the Vallee 

 d'Aoste, &c. 



It is quoted by Lowe as a Madeiran shell, and by Aradas and 

 Maggiore as Sicilian, but both these records require confirmation. 



Not uncommon throughout Scotland, but rather local, 

 frequenting damp rocks and damp shady hedge banks. 



It is almost the only Helix that is to be found on the high 

 mountains, where it is not uncommon, and attains, an elevation 

 of at least 3000 feet. 



In the British Isles it is known to occur in the following 

 counties : — 



J.Ciii., October, 1881 



