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L. Reeve's Paper on Bulimi. -

Bulimi distinct on opposite sides of the Cordillera. — in West Indies in islands approaching the continents the species gradually come close & represent those of continent — one species B. virgulatus is common to several isl.^ds, & is remarkable from different phases of marking & colouring which it assumes in different localities. —

In Galapagos the 10 species quite distinct, B. rosaceus, B. zebra, & B. regina of S. America are 3 wide-ranging species & produce a variety in each separate district, & which vars. have been considered as distinct species. — I see separate Galapagos isl^ds have their Bulimi. p.27 copy into Quito V. Journal. In Polynesian Isl^ds no Bulimi replaced by other genera. viz. Achatina.

(Bulimi of Canary Isl^ds chiefly indigenous)

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p. 5 too much like Lecture. (too difficult)

p. 8 Argentine Republic & B. Ayres 100° in shade. — p.14. geolog. disturbances various some slight geographical errors. = cold precipitated! = (geographical changes of St. Helena came extinction)

The variations of widely ranging varying species - the relation of W. Indian species to continent & representative species — the changes of species in ascending height in Venezuela & near Rio de Jan — Central America to S. Am. & W. Indies. the distribution of the Galapagos species — (Authorities are always given).

p. 28 fact not stated vaguely, though too diffusely.

Canary Isds — the blending of the Indian into Malayan & philippine type. = p. 41 Local distrib. in Philippines. — On certain resemblance in different genera in same district as on W. coast of Africa with Achatina.

= Author credit for accuracy =

Reeve, Lovell. 1851. On the geographical distribution of the Bulimi, a genus of terrestrial Mollusca, and on the modification of their shell according to the local physical conditions in which the species occur. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2d ser. 7: 241-255, 1 map. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 76] PDF