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Annals of Scottish Natural History (nos. 25-28)
Annals of Scottish Natural History - nos. 25-28 Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' The Marine Algae of the Orkney Islands' ( " Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.," 1890, pp. 302-342). ' Supplementary Notes on the Marine Algae of the Orkney Islands, —S... more »outh Ronaldshay '("Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.," 1892, pp. 544-546); 'North Ronaldshay' (U., 1895, pp. 341-345)- Several of these papers were issued also in separate form as reprints, and some of these were illustrated with dried herbarium specimens. THE LATE WILLIAM ARCHER, F.R.S. William Archer, F.R.S., from 1876 to 1895 Librarian to the Royal Dublin Society, made several visits to Scotland, and for the most part in collaboration with Dr. John Roy of Aberdeen did excellent work in the investigation of the microscopic Algae of our country. A short account of his life and his scientific work is given in the " Irish Naturalist," October 1897, pp. 253-257, with a portrait. He was born on 6th May 1830, and died on I4th August 1897, having been an invalid for a considerable time before his death. ON THE MINOR FAUNAL AREAS. By J. A. Harvie-brown. At the present time naturalists are endeavouring to arrive at conclusions regarding certain groups of phenomena relating to animal life, which phenomena have every appearance of being intimately associated with one another. These are: Bird Flight, Migration, Dispersal,and Distribution. As a first means towards their study I have long advocated the subdivision of larger areas into smaller sub- areas, and have illustrated my contention by treating this country of Scotland in such a manner. I have defined what we may call " the Minor Faunal Areas of Scotland " from topographical and faunal standpoints. I do not consider it necessary to enumerate these by name, except in so far as may be required to illustrate the presentpaper. I believe they have been accepted with a very...« less