yeW YORK SHELL CLUB NotTERs Noi525 February 1980 Page 
wissing from the revised second edition is the "Id 
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was featured in the first edition. I, paniaciiy cere siecce oe 
heart of this book, though, was and is its Photographs of the Cyp- 
fhe quality of these Photographs ranges from very good 
acceptable. In several instances pHOsSEMepHe Er ap tra 
been used to illustrate the species. These holotype Specimens are 
often discolored by age and often are in very poor condition com- 
pared to shells available to collectors today. Since these particu- 
lar specimens are not identified as holotypes, a reader can get a 
mistaken idea as to what the shell really looks like, particularly 
since, aS mentioned above, the color printing and separation leave 
something to be desired. However, the photographs are large, even 
of the very small species, and the format of having a single species 
represented on a page is to be commended. 
ane i aa mene in the first edition have been cor- 
rected: e Sub-adu albino specimen of Cypraea decipiens E. A. 
Smith, 1880 which was pictured on unnumbered page Set ee raea 
joycae Clover, 1970 is no longer in the book, and Cypraea joycae is 
featad as a synonym of Cypraea porteri OC. Cate, 1966. And the er- 
ror which gave us a specimen of Uypraea macandrewi Sowerby, 1870 
captioned as Cypraea thomasi Crosse, 1865 has now been rectified. 
The specimen in the first edition on page 240 called Cypraea musumea 
Kuroda (should be Kuroda and Habe, 1961) now appears on the same 
page of the second edition as Cypraea katsuae Kuroda, 1950, which 
is another species I will discuss at length in the future. (Walls 
feels that the former is a synonym of the latter, but I feel that 
the two can be readily separated.) 
All in all, one must praise and welcome the arrival of this most in- 
teresting and useful work. Its price at $20.00 is $5.00 more than 
the original edition. I would certainly recommend purchasing a copy 
of this revised edition to anyone who is interested in this family 
of shells and who does not already own the first edition. It must 
be left to a matter of individual choice as to whether or not the 
extra material included in the revised edition is worth the expense 
to someone already owning the earlier edition. My personal prefer- 
ence would be to use the second edition and let the first rest, but, 
again, each collector must decide independently. 
I know that C. M. Burgess is preparing a revised second edition of 
his monumental work, THE LIVING COWRIES, which was published in 1970. 
Those of us who waited for his first edition to appear will bear in 
mind that there is often a long period of time between the comple- 
tion of a manuscript and its appearance in printed form. I am eager- 
ly looking forward to the revised work by Burgess but do not ie 
that anyone should in the meanwhile defer owning Walls' book. he 
two books do compliment one another well in many respects. 
Robert H. Janowsky 

SHELL SHOWS: Broward Shel] Club, at the Pompano Beach Recreation 
Center, 1800 N.3. 6th St., Pompano Beach, Florida, February 1,2,5. 
Pacific Northwest Shell Club, in the McCurdy Room of the Museum of 
History and Industry, 2101 Bast Hamlin, Seattle, Wash., April 19-20. 
