Martin Lister and Lincolnshire natural history : Presidential address to the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union, 1927 / [H.W. Kew].

  • Harry Wallis Kew
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[1927]
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Credit: Martin Lister and Lincolnshire natural history : Presidential address to the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union, 1927 / [H.W. Kew]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Snails, and his acquaintance with their structure, habits of life, and general natural history was wonderful. In his pre¬ face he tells us that in former days of leisure he betook himself to Lincolnshire, and there spent many months, being wholly engaged in observations. Yet when localities are stated they are more often in Yorkshire, &c., and the following are the only definite records for this county: Spiders, &c. » • '* ( 1. ‘ Araneus rufus, clunium globatorum fastigio, in modum stellae radiato, sylvicola In woods in Lincolnshire, &c.; regarded as rare. [Probably Theridion formosum. Cp. Blackwall, p. 179]. 2. c Araneus fuligineus, & humerorum fastigio, & clunium pictura Candida, ad margines denticulata ’. In Lincoln¬ shire, &c., in walls and similar places. [ Textrix denticulata. Gp. Blackwall, p. 172. An addition to the Lincolnshire Spider-lists of our times]. 3. ‘ Araneus exiguus e candido nigroq. varius sive macu- latus, insigniter cristatus, sylvicola In woods in Lin¬ colnshire, &c. [One of the Opiliones or Harvestmen]. Land Snails. 4. ‘ Cochlea cinerea, interdum leviter rufescens, striata, operculo testaceo cochleato donataIn France, Kent and Yorkshire. Also at Burwell Woods in Lincolnshire. [■Cyclostoma elegans. More abundant on the southern chalk than in this county. Re-found by me in the Burwell Woods (Grisel Bottom) in 1886]. 5. ‘ Buccinum exiguum subflavum, mucrone obtuso,* sive cylindraceum ’. At Estrope [Aisthorpe] on mossy walls. [Pupa cylindracea]. y > < w • f 6. ‘ Buccinum exiguum, quinq. anfractuum, mucrone acuto ’. In the same place as the last. [Cochlicopa lubrica]. *]. ‘ Buccinum parvum sive Trochilus sylvaticus agri Lin- colniensis ’. In Burwell Woods in moss at roots of trees. [Hyalinia fulva]. 8. ‘ Cochlea pulla, sylvatica, spiris in aciem depressis In woods in Lincolnshire; in winter under bark of trees, in summer among herbage. [Helicigona lapicida. Not common in the Louth and Burwell neighbourhoods. Found in the Burwell Woods (Grisel Bottom) in 1896]. Marine Shells. 9. ‘ Cochlea rufescens, fasciis maculatis, maxime ad imos orbes distincta On the sandy shores of Lincolnshire,
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