106 THE NATUBALIST IN BEEMUDA. 



MOLLUSCA. 



-The reefs whicli extend in every direction, save the south 

 and east for many miles around the Bermudas, present ample 

 scope for the labours of the conchologist, as do likewise the 

 sheltered harbours, sounds, and inlets, for which this group 

 of islands is solremarkable. Although several individuals, at 

 various times, have made small collections of shells whilei 

 staying ia the islands, we have heard of no collector, of 

 scientific attainments, having visited their shores for the 

 purpose of thoroughly investigating their mariue zoology. 

 It is, therefore, to be hoped that ere long, some enthusiastic 

 naturalist may be induced to visit this much-neglected 

 group, and let the dredge scrape the bottom of those 

 hitherto almost totally unvisited depths, and so bring to 

 light many rarities, which we doubt not are now lying hid 

 amid the coral groves, and the chalky mud that surrounds 

 them. The brief list of marine and land shells, which we 

 here present to our readers, is made up, in a great measure, 

 from a list which appeared in the " Bermuda Almanac," for 

 1852, of a collection made in the Bermudas, by Dr. Temple 

 Prince, of N"ew York ; but we have been enabled to make 

 some additions to that list, from specimens we collected 

 during our visit. We are also indebted for three extra 

 species to the kindness of Mr. Cuming, who, with his 

 usual courtesy and love for his favourite study, greatly 

 assisted us in naming our specimens. 



The land shells collected by Dr. Temple Prince, are as 

 follows : Helix palludosa, H. ptychoides, H. selenina, H. 

 Bermudensis, H. Sancta Georgiensis (n. s.), H. Somersetii 



