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FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL SHELL CLUB: 
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Capital Shell Club of Washington, D.C. Has wide interest for a gn. 
ing worldwide membership. Write: NCSC Editor, c/o Division of ™%. 
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Jack Nelson, Editor, NCSC Newsletter 
REVIEW: WELSH SEASHELLS 
by Dr. June E. Chatfield, Department of Zoology, National Museum of 
Wales, published by the National Museum of Wales, 1977. 44 pages, 
70 monochrome photographs, 20 colour photographs. Price 95p plus 
18p postage. 
This is a very well written and well illustrated booklet which in 
its introductory pages acquaints the reader with molluscs, the var- 
ied types of habitats found along the coast of Wales, a bit of the 
history of conchology in Wales, and current situations. There fol- 
lows photographic studies of more than fifty of the larger and more 
common species found, ahout half of which have been photographed in 
Situ. The species are grouped according to habitat rather than 
Class -- an arrangement that is particularly useful to the beginner 
in the field. The captions accompanying the photographs may run to 
a paragraph wherein distinguishing features, feeding, reproduction 
etc. may be noted. Although most of the species may not occur in 
the Western Atlantic, the information about the living animals is 
common to the genera and useful in Studying our related species. 
WSLSH SEASHELLS is an excellent little booklet, especially for the 
field. We're sorry that it had to be confined to only a selection 
of the 392 or more species that have been recorded from the welsh 
coast. It is available from the National Museum of Wales, Cathays 
Park, Cardiff, CF1 3NP, Wales. (The price of 95p plus 18p postage, 
as of this writing, = approximately $2.20 U.S. to which must be 
added the cost of an international money order.) 
Dorothy Raeihle 
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FEBRUARY MEETING 
Dorothy Janowsky reported that Bob Janowsky and Bill Old were not 
present at the meeting because the three had only recently returned 
from Pompano, Florida, where Bob had served as judge at the Broward 
County Shell Show. They were "marooned" there for three extra days 
by the heavy sn t : 
exbve sued ig ow that closed New York's airports. Sympathy was 
Frank Nelson reported having received 
pis t a letter from Frank Abbott- 
panes the Australian Voluta Specialist known personally to many 
a oi The somber news it conveyed was that Mr. Abbottsmith had 
earned that he had cancer, and could not live much longer. 
The speakers were Virginie and Geor i 
: c : ge Elbert, who recounted high- 
ems Bone oe experiences under the Gite "Shelling 
ote ter y and Unlikely Wilacess 9 i6fuee their interest in shells de- 
ae have Ce ee recently, Mr. Elbert commented that the talk 
g ve been called "Amateurs Looking for Shells." They have 
one most of their collecting whiie traveling in pursuit of their 
