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THE NATURALIST. 



was only broken by tbe screaming of the jay as it flew overhead, and the 

 repeated notes of a distant cuckoo. 



Shells were so scarce that I soon got tired of searching for them ; and 

 was proceeding in rather a dissatisfied manner, when I found a fine large spe- 

 cimen of Helix 2^omatiaj which piece of success roused me from my lethargy. 

 The clouds had been ga,thering for some time, and now the rain began to 

 come down in torrents, accompanied by thunder j not relishing my position 

 among the trees during the thunderstorm I proceeded to the open part of the 

 hill again, and there awaited the end of the storm with becoming resignation. 

 When it was over I partly descended the hill to some cottages to enquire my 

 way to Birdlip, and in answer to my enquiries a woman pointed it out to me ; 

 but it was so far off, and being so fatigued I declined going, and stopped and 

 tried another part of the wood. The rain again commenced, and at this time 

 seemingly to continue. After searching sometime without much success, 

 I at last found Helix lapicida in great quantities also Clausilia laminata, 

 several of which are the beautiful variety pellucida, I also found Bulimics 

 montanus, I collected till I was weary, the abundance of the shells being 

 something astonishing, some trees having as many as twenty specimens on 

 them, chiefly Helix lapicida, and Clausilia laminata, with occasional speci- 

 mens of Bidimus ohscurus and Clausilia rugosa. There were also great 

 quantities of Slugs, chiefly Limax arhorum ; turning to retrace my steps I 

 found two more specimens of Helix pomatia ; when crawling they are 

 truly magnificent mollusks with their whitish diaper-like mantles. 



The continued wet precluded all search for the smaller species. Having 

 collected more than I want of Helix lapicida, Clausilia laminata, and Cy~ 

 clostoma elegans, I shall be happy to supply such as may think them worth 

 sending for. 



39, Darwin-Street, Birmingham. 

 May 22nd, 1865. 



TWO HOUES OE" PUFFIlsr ISLAND, NOETH WALES, 



ALGJE HUi^TINa 



By C. S. Gregson. 



Thursday June 22nd, 1865, will long be remembered as a red-letter day 

 by the members and friends of the Liverpool Field IN aturalists' Club, who 

 on that morning at nine a.m., to the number of about four hundred met on 



