Re: fossil conus - Sorry for the late answer - my e-mail is WAY misbehaving. I'm now getting messages sent a week or more ago. Wouldn't have responded had I known so many responses were already sent. Re: errata - here's a cheer from a rank beginner representative - wouldn't be able to contribute (I think) but can't imagine a better way to learn. It's odd but we humans seem to pay special attention to other peoples mistakes. Besides - having noticed the reasons stated by a few people recently dropping off the list - this would be a very focused, very relevant and very useful effort. Just having acquired a copy of Burgess's "The Living Cowrie" and in the intial stages of devouring it (you can only read a book the first time once), I'm struck at the relevance of a statment made by Dr. Kay in the forward "Conchology is among the few branches of science today in which the amateur is stll an active participant." Thirty years later Conch-L has the opportunity to show that this is still true. -Brooke _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com