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Verzeichniss der Conchylien in der Sammlung von E. Anton . Halle

1839; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 4; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00222933909512474

0374-5481

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

specimen of Phoca Grenlandica was killed in 1830, but is supposed to have fallen overboard from one of the returning Greenland ships.Of P. annellata and leporina he states, "I am much inclined to suspect that further observations will prove them to be merely varieties of the vitulina."A specimen of the Walrus was killed near the island of Fetlar in the summer of 1815, and another was seen in 1828 fora few days in Balta Sound.In this paper a great deal will be found to interest relative to the manners and habits of the Shetland seals, and Dr. Edmonstone would be conferring a favour on zoologists if he could send the skins and skeletons of the most marked varieties either to Edinburgh or London, where they could be compared with other species, and any disputed points finally settled.II.'* On the last changes in the Relative Levels of the Land and Sea in the British Islands."By James Smith, Esq., of Jordan Hill.A paper of much local interest, and illustrated by two plates of new recent shells from the firth of Clyde.: III.''On the Asteriade of