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Among the curiosities of natural history in Palestine, I may 

 mention the singular fact of the survival of the crocodile in one of 

 the rivers of West Palestine — the river Zerka^ — which rises near 

 Samaria and flows through the plain of Sharon to the Mediterranean. 

 It is mentioned as existing there by Pliny and Strabo, who call the 

 river by the name of Flumen Crocodilus. It was also mentioned by 

 Pocock in the last century, but had not been seen or recently heard 

 of by travellers until a few years ago, when a large specimen was 

 captured by the local Arabs, who seem to have been long familiar 

 with its presence. 



The fish of the Lake of Galilee and the Jordan are mostly African 

 species — Chromis nilotica, Clarias macracanihus, and a large siluroid, 

 the Coracine, or sheat-fish, which are all, with seven or eight other 

 species, excessively abundant. 



A LIST OF THE LAND AND FRESH- WATER SHELLS 



FOUND IN THE 



NEIGHBOURHOOD OF HUDDERSFIELR 

 C Concluded.) 



By Joseph Whitwham. 



TERRESTRIAL. 

 Helix hispida, L. Plentiful in several localities. 



,, var. subrufa. Rare, Wakefield-road side. 

 „ „ var. albida. Wakefield-road side. I have only 



found one specimen of this variety. 

 „ „ var. subglobosa. Very rare, Wakefield-road side. 

 H. fusca, Mont. Rare, Roydhouse Wood j have also found several 



young specimens in the Hey Wood. 

 H. caperata, Mont. Rare at Woodsome, 

 H. rotundata. Mull. Common. 



„ var. minor. Rare at Elland. 



var. pyramidalis. Rare at Elland. 

 „ var. Turtoni, Fleming. Rare at Elland. 



,, var. alba, Moq. Tan. Rare at Elland and at Golcar. 



H, pygmea, Drap, Common in Roydhouse Wood and Hey Wood. 

 H. pulchella. Mull. This is a limestone species. I found a speci- 

 men at Dalton a short time since, but am very doubtful of its 

 being a denizen. 



