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THE HUMMING BIRD. 



[August i, 1891 



The Antigua Observer, Vol. XLVII. No. 20, 

 edited by D. W. Scarville, City of Saint John, Anti- 

 gua, contains the first part of an extract of a very 

 interesting paper on the Colony of the Leeward 

 Islands by D. Morris, read at the Royal Colonial Insti- 

 tute. 



Report on the Public Sale of the Celebrated 

 Collection of Shells formed by the late 

 Sir David W. Barclay and sold by Mr. J. C. 

 Stevens, on Monday the 6th of July and 

 the three following days. 



This fine Collection was offered for sale in 1154 

 Lots, which realized the total sum of ^1,050 3s. 6d. 



From the beginning, there was a good attendance 

 and a keen competition for some of the best Lots. 



Lot 1, Oliva angulata, porphyria, nobilis, maura, 

 ponderosa and varieties of tremulina, 1 1 shells, was 

 sold for £1 6s. ; Ancillaria obtusa, rubiginosa, cingu- 

 lata and australis j^i 10s. ; two specimens of Pinnaxia 

 coronata, 22s. ; Ranella candisata, 30s. ; two specimens 

 of Scalaria decussata, 45s. ; Mitra rosscp, 40s. ; Mitra 

 balteolata, regina and subulata, 24s. ; Mitra tessellata 

 and regina, 25s.; Mitra adansoni type, 40s.; Conns 

 malaccanus, 42s. ; Conns cedo-nulli, 26s. ; Conus granu- 

 latus and dux, 22s. ; Conus aurisiacus and ammiralis 

 -J.2S. ; Ovulum longirostrum, 55s. ; Cyprœa bicallosa 

 60s. ; Cyprœa tessellata and pulchra, 40s. ; Conus call 

 laudi, 45s. ; Conus crosseanus and suturatus, ^3 7s. 6d 

 Conus trigonus and aculeiformis, 20s. ; Isocardia 

 moltkiana and lamarkii and Chamestrea a/bida, 42s. 

 Voluta costata, £■$ ; Voluta prœtexta, 28s. ; Voluta 

 aulica, 45s. ; Voluta gracilis, 40s. ; Strombus thersites, 

 £2 15s. ; Rostellaria curta, 35s. ; Harpa rosea and 

 crenata, 32s. ; Harpa imperialis and rosea, 30s. ; Iso- 

 cardia moltkiana, vulgaris, Cardium retusum, cardissa 

 and Myochama anomoides, £4 5s. ; Murex clavus, 24s. ; 

 Murex fenestratus and aculeatus, £2 12s. 6d. ; Murex 

 rubescens and clavus, 20s. ; Murex monodon, endivia, 

 rosarium and stainforthii, 28s. ; Helix ugulina, quoyi 

 and swinhoei, 20s.; Helix fulgurata, 16s. ; Helix percyi 

 and fulgurata var, 30s. ; Helix grata, gealei, and 

 solata, 35s. ; Helix crespignyi, conformis and psittacina, 

 £2 1 os. ; Cochlostyla turbinoides and sarcinosa, 24s. ; 

 Cochlostyla harfordi, £2 5s. ; Helix fulgurata and 

 robillardi, 30s. ; Helix cambojensis, 24s. ; Bulimus 

 meobambensis, ^"5 5s. ; Helix ungulina and pyrostoma, 

 22s. ; Marginella mirabilis, £6 10s. ; Scalaria latifas- 

 ciata type, cocklear, and raricostata, 45s. ; Mitra 

 terebralis and regina, 28s. ; Mitra nassoides, type, 37s. ; 

 Mitra coccinea, 35s. ; Mitra bovei, nympha and declivis, 

 45s. ; Conus crocatus, ^5 10s. ; Conus zonatus and 

 legatus, 24s. ; Conus aurisiacus, 22s..; Conus dux and 

 timorensis, £2 10s. ; Conus festivus and architallasus, 

 45s.; Conus malaccanus and splendidulus, 42s.; Cyprœa 

 pulchra and reevei, 21s. ; Cyprœa umbilicata and exusta , 

 30s. ; Cyprœa nigropunctata, pulchra and physis, 

 j£\ 17s. 6d. ; Cyprœa leucostoma and sulcidentata, 42s.; 

 Cyprœa aurora, 35s.; Ostrea nobilis, cerafa, and affinis, 

 types, 26s. ; Ostrea vitrefacta and barclayana, types, 

 24s.; Spondylus amcricar.us, 21s. ; Pecten sanguinolentus 

 and mirifcus, 30s. ; Nautilus stenomphalus, macrom- 

 phalas and umbilicatus, £1 7s.6d. ; Melapiun lineatum 



and Latiaxis mawœ, £4 5s.; Voluta costata, £2 10s. 

 Voluta flavicans and costata, 50s.; Voluta beaui, 40s. 

 Strombus thersites, 40s. ; Trichotropis bicarinatus, 20s. 

 Harpa imperialis , 20s. ; Delphinula imperialis, £3 3s. 

 Delphina tyria and Turbo rubicundus, £1 7s. 6d. 

 Voluta aulica, £6 6s. ; Voluta magnifica, 21s. 

 Voluta marmorata and sclateri, 28s. ; Voluta costata 

 and nivosa, 45s. ; Voluta delessertiana and var and 

 V. mitrœformis, 30s. ; Voluta prœtexta, 22s.; Voluta 

 papillaris, 18s. ; Voluta mitraeiformis and 2 varieties of 

 V. delessertiana, 50s. ; Cassis spinosa, 40s. ; Mascaria 

 crocea (2) and Hybocystis mouhoti, 21s.; Acroptychia 

 metableta, 30s. ; Cyclostoma formosa, £4 10s. ; Cyclos- 

 toma deburghiœ, 35s. ; Cyclostoma formosa, £4 ; 

 Cyclostoma deburghiœ and species, 45s. ; Cyclostoma 

 cuvierianum, pulchellum, deshayesianum, and 2 others, 

 38s. ; Otopoma albicans, Cyclostoma vittatum and 

 cariniferum, £1 7s. 6d.; Marginella pseudo-f aba, 24s.; 

 Phorus agglutinans and Solaris, 20s. ; Mitra compressa, 

 25s.; Mitra rossiœ, 40s.; Conus crocatus, £4 5s.; 

 Conus zonatus and pertusus, 24s. ; Conus nimbosus and 

 timorensis, 30s. ; Conus timorensis and mitratus, 35s. ; 

 Conus ammiralis and cinctus, £1. 7s. 6d. ; Ovulum 

 volva, intermedium and rosea, 21s. ; Cyprœa exusta, 

 £1 12s. 6d. ; Cyprœa sulcidentata, 22s. ; Cyprœa 

 aurora, 42s. ; Cyprœa nigropunctata, spadicea and, 

 esontropia, 24s. ; Cyprœa physis and leucostoma, 

 £i 17s. 6d. ; Murex clavus, 35s. ; Murex barclayi, 

 £g 1 os. ; Helix unicolor angulata horrida gealei and 

 trichotropis, 28s. ; Helix nasuta and regina, £2 5s. ; 

 Helix lampus and regina, ^3 7s. 6d. ; Strombus 

 laciniatus and Pteroceras pseudo-scorpio, 32s. 6d. ; 

 Harpa imperialis and rosea, 25 s. ; Voluta aulica, £,\o\ 

 Voluta sophiœ, 20s. ; Scalaria pretiosa, a fine pair, 

 35s. ; Scalaria raricostata, cochlear (2), borealis (2), and 

 another, 25s. ; Mitra mauritiana, type, 40s. ; Mitra 

 rossiœ, 40s. ; Mitra tœniata, 28s. ; Mitra adansoni, 

 cretacea, type, Deshayesi, type, £1 7s. 6d. ; Conus 

 'rocatus, £2 15s. ; Conus centurio, 21s. ; Conus zonatus 

 and legatus, 40s. ; Conus granulatus, 35s. ; Conus 

 brinceps Var regius and C. legatus, 20s. ; Cyprœa 

 mapa, pink base variety, 30s. ; Cyprœa scottii and 

 umbilicata, 32s. 6d. ; Cyptœa exusta and tessellata 

 £1 17s. 6d. ; Cyprœa sulcidentata, nigropunctata and 

 nebulosa, type, J~i 17s. 6d. ; Cyprœa aurora, 

 £$ 17s. 6d. ; Cyprœa citrina adamsoni (2), lutea (2) 

 and modesta (2), 40s. ; Cyprœa pulchra and reevei, 42s.; 

 Cyprœa bregeriana and beckii, £x 17s. 6d. ; Conus 

 crosseanus and splendidulus, 32s. 6d. ; Conus thalas- 

 siarchus Var, granulatus and saturatus, 27s. 6d. ; 

 Aspergillum vaginiferum (2), £1 7s. 6d. ; Spondylus 

 pleurispinosus and aurantius, 35s. ; Spondylus regius, 

 20s. ; Sondylus foliaceus and Chama iazarus, 2TS. ; 

 Pecten mirificus, corallinoides and pes-felis, 25s. ; Dolium 

 melanostomus, 30s. ; Latiaxis maurœ and Melapium 

 lineatum, £2 5s. ; Cochlostyla harfordi and Nanina 

 brookei, 26s. ; Ovulum pulchellum, type, and Oniscia 

 cancellaia, 22s. ; Cardium victor, type, mauritiana (2) 

 and two others, 40s. ; Strombus iaurus, ^5 tos. ; 

 Rostellaria luteostoma, type, 25s. ; Clathurela robil- 

 lardi, type, and Enchelus al a]abastrum, type, 25s. 



The total realized by the Shells was ^913 18s. 



Among the books, Reeve Conchologi'i honica realized 



£5°- 



