For those with interest in the cowries... A recently completed look at Hawaii's 'Checkerboard' cowry has been posted in the Research area of WWW.COWRYS.ORG It can be accessed through its link on the lead page of the area -- http://www.cowrys.org/research/ or by clicking on the link below: http://www.cowrys.org/research/tes_comp.htm Later items are planned for more of Hawaii's endemic cowries after the start next year. Aloha, makuabob (a.k.a. Bob Dayle) _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail