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EXTRACTS FROM A CONCHOLOGIST’S NOTEBOOK. 
WILLIAM NELSON, Hoy.M.C.S., 
Crossgates, Leeds; Ex-President of Leeds Conchological Club. 
5-—TO WHINMOOR IN SEARCH OF LIMN4G@A GLABRA. 
Ar the latter end of April 1899 I started after dinner with 
my friend Mr. G. Walker, of Stanks; we went along the old 
§tass-grown lane leading to Whinmoor, and after proceeding 
along this most rugged sof roads for some little distance, we 
turned along a footpath to the right across some fields. As we 
went slowly: along we disturbed a weasel, which crossed an 
angle of the field and disappeared in a dry dyke by the hedge-side. 
We then reached the historic Cock Beck, which we crossed by a 
small wooden bridge; here we stopped some time, and, examin- 
ing some small stones where the beck runs swiftly, found a 
number of Ancylus fluviatilis. 
Leaving here we entered an old lane, each side of which is 
lined by honey-suckle plants and rose-bushes, both of which 
were putting forth their foliage for the coming season; the 
wayside was further enlivened and beautified by a number of 
bushes of gorse with their golden-coloured flowers. Having 
arrived close to the railway bridge, we looked around for some 
signs of a pond, and at the far side of the field towards Morwick 
Hall we saw indications of one ; my companion being the most 
agile crossed to examine and signalled me to follow. We found 
the pond a rather small one; evidently it had been dug for cattle, 
for though full of water there seemed to be no apparent source 
from which it was supplied. The shallow end had a quantity of 
long grass growing in it which lay along the surface and at the 
deeper end, water-cress and other aquatic plants. The first dip 
of the net fished up a number of Planorbis contortus, the next 
brought in addition Zimnea peregra and one specimen of Limnea 
glabra; this at once whetted my, appetite for more, but after a 
tion of species here is in my experience unique, Physa hypnorum 
and Planorbis spirorbis being both absent. 
The clouds had been for some time gathering in a threatening 
manner, so we deemed it best to return to the lane again, where 
we secured our first flowers of Anemone nemorosa. My com- 
December. 1899. 
