. The Conchologists' exchange. Mollusks. 14 THE NAUTILUS. in the item of shade, and in Dry Creek it was but a stone's throw from one colony to another for two or three miles. The small stone-fields with sufficient depth contained the most liv- ing examples, perhaps because these contained the shortest routes to the outside feeding grounds. Where the trees had. Fig. 1. Tracing reduced one-half from U. S. G. S. Topographic Map, Mogollon Quadrangle, edit, of June, 1912, showing locations of snail colonies, numbered 37 to 80. fallen and let in the sun dead shells were numerous. In one thickly inha


. The Conchologists' exchange. Mollusks. 14 THE NAUTILUS. in the item of shade, and in Dry Creek it was but a stone's throw from one colony to another for two or three miles. The small stone-fields with sufficient depth contained the most liv- ing examples, perhaps because these contained the shortest routes to the outside feeding grounds. Where the trees had. Fig. 1. Tracing reduced one-half from U. S. G. S. Topographic Map, Mogollon Quadrangle, edit, of June, 1912, showing locations of snail colonies, numbered 37 to 80. fallen and let in the sun dead shells were numerous. In one thickly inhabited slide, no living specimens remained. If one of the moulds or a mouse or a chipmunk family moves in, there is trouble in snaildom. Otherwise, with a well-drained rock pile, not too deep nor too shallow, a little leaf mould and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Averell, William D. Philadelphia, Wm. D. Averell


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