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DESPITE its unrivalled scenic attractions and its popularity as a health resort, North Wales has until recently received scant attention from zoologists, references to the district in standard works on British vertebrates being comparatively few, and often erroneous. The need of a comprehensive local fauna dealing with the district has long been felt. But it was recognised that there was no one man who was able to do the work. It could only be accomplished by the cooperation of a large number of naturalists resident in Wales and non-resident. For although comparatively little has been written about the vertebrate fauna of North Wales (and a good deal of that little quite recently), a good many observers, both residents and visitors, have been working steadily at it for some years. It remained to collect, sift, and arrange the facts they had got together. Mr. Forrest came forward and undertook this arduous work, and he obtained the practical assistance of a number of naturalists (a list of whom appears in the book), who readily placed their stores of information at his disposal. He has also examined what little literature (dating some way back) there was on the subject. This information he was able to supplement from his own observations, made during many short visits to the Principality. The result has been an excellent hand-book to the vertebrate fauna of North Wales. Puffins on St. Tudwal's. From “The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales.”
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"The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales". By H. E. Forrest . Pp. lxxiv+537; with 28 plates and a map. (London: Witherby and Co., 1907). Price 17s. 6d. net.
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Birds, Beasts, and Fishes of North Wales . Nature 78, 321–322 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/078321a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/078321a0