Abstract
HALF a century ago, Harvie-Brown projected a great co-operative work on the vertebrate fauna of Scotland, each volume to deal with one of the zoo-geographical divisions delimited by the principal watersheds and other natural boundaries. The greater part of the scheme was accomplished, with valuable results, but some gaps remained: one of these has now been filled, through the successful undertaking by Misses Rintoul and Baxter of the task which William Evans did not live to complete. Considering the great disparity in time, the unity of the series is chiefly important on the historical side, and as a contemporary account the new book must stand on its own merits. It can well do so.
A Vertebrate Fauna of Forth
By Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul Evelyn V. Baxter. Pp. lv + 397 + 16 plates. (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1935.) 25s. net.
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T., A. A Vertebrate Fauna of Forth. Nature 138, 703 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138703a0
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