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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893. Excerpt: ... INDEX. A. ABERDARE, shower of fish in valley of, 43. Accrington, Pupa cinerea near, 234-. Achatinellince, restricted specific ranges in, 91, 96. Acilius, snail's eggs attached to, 47-bivalve clinging to, 65. Ancylus adhering to, 87. Adami, G. B., colonization by, 192. Adams, L. E., on a flood in the Thames, 31. on bivalves clinging to newts, 71-on Helix vermiculata at Barnsley, 255. Adams, Professor, on weight of Vertigo milium, 147. Adanson, on shells in swamps, 24. Additions to the fauna of a pond, 14. Estivation, climatic barriers over-come by, loo. dispersal during, 148. Alder, J., on introduced or doubt-fully indigenous shells in Britain: on Dreissena poly-morpha, 213. on Testacella maugei, 228. on Bulimus goodallii, 230. on Testacella haliotidea, 250. on Helix limbata, 251. on Clausilia papillaris, 261. Alexandra Park, Manchester, shells in lake at, 19. Allen, Grant, on Clausilia parvula near Stourbridge, 262. Alluvium, shells in, 141. Amalia, attempted colonization of, I95-Amazons, floating pumice of, 125, 139-rafts of, 129, .130. Amphibia, dispersal by, 69, 88. wandering habits of, 75. climbing powers of, 76. And see frogs, newts, and toads. Ampullarice, tenacity of life of, 28. Ancylus, Reeve on the means of dispersal of, 86. adhering to water-beetles, 86. possibly dispersed with mus-sels, 88. Ancylus fluviatilis, carried away by a flood, 31. adhering to water-beetles, 87., to mussels, 88. ova of, attached to a water-beetle, 47. A. locustris, adhering to a water-beetle, 87. adhering to a frog, 89. Animals, dispersal by, 45, 154, 174, 178, 209. living molluscs (or ova) pass-ing the digestive systems of, 45. 46. possibly scattered from the stomachs of, by birds of Py. 45. 159. 176. or ejected from the crops of frightened birds, 45, 163. AnoJonta, t...
