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Deposit near mouth of Ray River, Falcarragh, W. Donagal. AWS. 27-8-14 List of shells taken in deposits : mostly from 2.0 horizon. [[line]] [[List of species on left with comments to right of line, here separated by | ]] Vitrina pellucida Helix pygmaea " [[Ditto for: Helix]] nemoralis | seen in the gravel at base of dep. " [[Ditto for: Helix]] bispida " [[Ditto for: Helix]] itala " [[Ditto for: Helix]] barbara " [[Ditto for: Helix]] rotundata " [[Ditto for: Helix]] pulchella " [[Ditto for: Helix]] costata Coch. lubrica Carychium minimum Pupa muscorum Vertigo pygmaea Limnaea pereger " [[Ditto for: Limnaea]] palustris Planorbis albus " [[Ditto for: Planorbis]] leucostoma Succinea pfeifferi Valvata piscinalis Pisidium pusillum | ? " [[Ditto for: Pisidium]] sp. ? casertanum? [[image - map of land showing the location of the deposit where the shells were collected from]] [[image labels]] Sand Dune belt marshes Deposit being cut into by river, on storm beach & under blown sand. [[/image labels]] [[image - cross section of soils in the deposit from which the shells have been collected]] [[image labels]] modern blown sands. 3'.0" blown sand with shells. 2'-6" Sands with black sands and shells. 2.0" Gravel ? old storm beach Level of water in river [[/image labels]] This is evidently a deposit formed of flood & wind born material. The black sands in 2'/6" horizon represent flood material. [[circled]] 399. [[/circled]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 239 Lough Muilt, 650 ft., N. of Aghla beg, W. Donegal. A.W.S. 28-8-14. Limnaea sp.? | One full grown specimen, many young & eggs under stones with freshwater sponges (Het. [[strikethrough]] rhyderi [[/strikethrough]] ? ryderi). Unfortunately the tube containing the shell was lost in crossing boy on way home. I am confident, however, that it was referable to [[underlined]] L. praetenius [[/underlined]] Bond [[line]] Lough Aluiry, 850 ft. alt., E. of Aglabeg, WD. AWS. 28-8-14. A deep lake with shallow [[insertion]] ^ stony [[/insertion]] edges. No mud. [[List of species on left with comments to right of line, here separated by | ]] Limnaea pereger | A form of Limnaea almost identical with that found in Lough Salt further east, but some shells are very like the Scotch [[underlined]] L. burnettii [[/underlined]] type. [[circled]] 400 [[/circled]] Pisidium sp? | One dead, broken, shell. Like [[underlined]] P. lilljeborgi [[/underlined]] Arion [[strikethrough]] ater [[/strikethrough]] intermedius Hyalinia alliaria [[bracket encapsulating above two specimens]] At south end of lake, among [[underlined]] Lugula [[/underlined]].