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HERPETOLOGICAL NOTE, 

 The true Sand Lizard in the North of England.— Judging 



from some remarks of mine anent the supposed ' Sand Lizards ' at the Spurn and 

 other North-of-England localities (which are certainly nothing but brightly 

 coloured specimens of the Viviparous Lizard — Zootoca vivipara — so far as those 

 I have examined are concerned), that I did not believe in the existence of the true 

 Lacerta agilis so far north in Britain, my friend Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S,, was 

 good enough to procure from the Southport sandhills for me a couple of fine 

 specimens which I at once saw were unmistakably referable to that species. This 

 was on the 19th of Febniary, and with these two were enclosed a juvenile example, 

 which no doubt was of the same species. Mr. Porritt tells me these lizards swarm 

 on the sandhills at Southport, where he has frequently seen them sparkling in the 

 sun with a ghstening emerald green, and sometimes almost golden, brightness. 

 Mr. Porritt further tells me of the occurrence of the Natterjack Toad {Biifo 

 calamita) in the same locality. — Wm. Denison Roebuck, Leeds, April nth. 



CONCHOLOGICAL NOTE. 

 Conchologieal Notes from Settle.— I spent April 28th at Settle, 



and made a few conchologieal observations in that neighbourhood. In the morn- 

 ing I strolled towards Attermire crags, noticing Helix rupestris and Claiisilia 

 rugosa on the stone walls. On grass by the roadside were plenty of Helix arbus- 

 torwn, varying greatly in the height of the spire. Some specimens lacked the 

 dark band entirely. In a bed of moss I found a profusion of large Zonites nitidnlus 

 and a single example of Z. radiatidus. Under one stone I found well-defined 

 specimens of Helix hispida and H. concinna. Such collocations are interesting as 

 proving the distinctness of nearly allied species. In the same lane I met with two 

 specimens of a rare variety — Zonites alliariiis var. viridnla. Vitrina pelliicida and 

 Zna hcbrica abounded. Among the crags themselves was a perfect swarm of Helix 

 nemoralis. I saw hundreds of specimens, and all exactly alike in colour — pale 

 yellow with four dark bands. There was no H. arbiistorum here, which surprised 

 nie, as in Switzerland it goes much higher than H. nemoralis. Pupa iimbilicata and 

 Zonites crystallimis abounded among the crags. In the afternoon I wandered 

 along the foot of Giggleswick Scars : Pupa secale was the prevailing species here. 

 I never saw it so abundant. A few dead specimens of Helix ei-icetorw7i lay 

 scattered about. Zojiites alliarins abounded in a copse. Near refuse heaps at 

 Giggleswick, Helix rufescens swarmed — both the light and dark form. I have 

 often noticed its predilection for such localities. ZoJiites cellarius accompanied it. 

 In crossing the Ribble I noticed Aiicylus fluviatilis on the stones, together with 

 the small form of Lijuncsa peregra, common in rapid streams. I had observed 

 both species in the morning, also, in Scaleber Beck. Biiliimis obsairus occurred 

 on the Castleberg. 



Next day, on the road between Ingleton and Chapel-le-Dale, I saw numbers of 

 Claiisilia rugosa var. dubia and Helix arbustoriiin var. flavescens. — W. C. Hey, 

 St. Olave's Vicarage, York, May 5th, 1885. 



FALyEONTOLOGICAL NOTE. 

 Inoceramus involntus Sow. at Ganton Wold. — During one of 



my periodical visits to the village of Sherburn, near Scarborough, I was shown in 

 a cottage what was seemingly a dirty flint nodule, but which proved on examination 

 to be the cast of a shell. The cottager who gave it me had got it one day at a 

 quarry on Ganton Wold, and made of it first a chimney ornament, and afterwards 

 used it to set pans upon. After washing and cleaning the fossil I found that it 

 was an exceedingly rare form of one of the characteristic fossils of our chalk 

 formation, described by Sowerby as Inocerajjms involntus ; and considering the 

 amount of knocking about it had undergone, it was in a very good state of preser- 

 vation. — S. Chadwick, Norton, near Malton, January 6th, 1885. 



Naturalist, 



