On  Fri, 25 Dec 1998 John Wolff wrote
 
"Are there others in C-L land willing to puzzle over geographic names? Could
I list maybe half a dozen at a time? Some of these are 100 years old, many
for land shells, some from obscure Pacific island areas."
 
Here are a couple of on-line resources I consult when looking up a hard to
find location:
 
http://www.gii.getty.edu/tgn_browser/
 
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html
 
gopher://fowler.acnatsci.org:70/1geo%20
 
 
 
 
Kevin S. Cummings
Illinois Natural History Survey
607 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
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