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Note. — Since the above was written the specimen of Liiinuea glabra has 

 unfortunately died. It is, however, in excellent condition and has grown about 

 two mm. — J. W. Jackson. 



Shells at High Altitudes in Scotland.— When I was in Perthshire last 

 summer I made one or two observations on the snails of the mountains, which may 

 be of sufficient interest to mention at a meeting of the Conchological Society. I 

 should much like to know if any of the members have records of the molluscan 

 fauna of otir hills at an elevation of about 3,000 feet above the sea. I found on 

 Ben Lawers, nearly at the top, that is about 3,800 feet above sea level, a few 

 specimens of a Vltrina, presumably Vitrina peHuciiia, though the shells were so 

 diaphanous that they would scarcely stand any handling, and being all dead shells 

 were already more or less damaged. At about 3,000 feet I found several specimens 

 of Helix arhiistontni and of Claiisilia rugosa, in both cases somewhat dwarfed. I 

 found Helix arbustonim also on another hill in the neighbourhood at an elevation 

 of about 2,500 feel, and I believe this species does not occur at lower levels in this 

 part of the country. — Fkank F. Laidlaw (Read before the Society, Jan. 8th, 1908). 



Helicella itala (L. ) in West Norfolk. — While staying at Burnham Market in 

 September last, after searching fairly diligently over some fifteen miles of hedgerows 

 and banks, I came upon two isolated colonics of Helicella itala. H. virgata and 

 H. cantiaiia I had found abundantly everywhere. One locality was about two 

 miles from Burnham Market on the Molkham road, the other was just outside the 

 village of Burnham Thorpe, perhaps a couple of miles south of the former locality. 

 Four colour varieties seem to be represented in both colonies. The first is a small 

 shell, banded above and below the periphery, a neat, compact and somewhat 

 translucent form. The second form somewhat similar but with almost transparent 

 banding. Two larger forms, and these were the more abundant, occurred with 

 them. The one which is of a whitish ground-colour has a single strongly marked 

 band above the periphery and is plain beneath. The other is plain, of a pale- 

 yellowish colour, and perhaps one might best describe it, on the analogy of H. 

 virgata, as a var. lutescens. The colonies were confined to a hedge-bank for a 

 distance of some fifty to one hundred yards, and in both cases were on the north 

 side of the road, receiving all the sunshine. Both were populous colonies and the 

 creatures were for the most part crawling on the rank grass and on withered plants. 

 The colonies seemed to end suddenly and not a single specimen was seen anywhere 

 else. — C. E. Y. Kendall {Read before the Society, January 8th, 1908). 



Note. — The pale-yellowish form of H. itala above mentioned is the var. 

 lutescens of Moquin-Tandon. — Ed. 



Limnaea glabra (Midler) in East Sussex.— While collecting in August last at 

 Framfield, near Uckfield, in East Sussex (a rather unproductive day, being in a 

 sandstone district) I came across a number of Limmta glabra in a small water-hole 

 by the roadside. Quite small shells were very plentiful, but there were a few more 

 mature which I collected. I find Z. glabra is not recorded for East Sussex in the 

 Census List. — C. E. Y. Kendall (Reaii before the Society, Feb. 12th, 1908). 



