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THE first volume of Dr. Bristowe's “Comity of Spiders” deals mainly with the distribution of spiders in Britain. Some seventy-five years have passed since the publication of Blackwall's fine work, “A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland”, and meanwhile our knowledge of the British fauna has been much enriched, notably by the researches of the Rov. O. Pickard Cambridge and Dr. A. R. Jackson. Dr. Bristowe, himself an able and enthusiastic collector, has also made many interesting additions and these advances are incorporated in the most useful section of his book, a list of the 556 known British species under their presently accepted names. For each species the distribution within Britain is given by counties from records largely made by the author himself, and the distribution outside Britain, so far as known, is indicated in general terms. One or two nomenclatorial changes are made, but synonyms are not otherwise listed.
The Comity of Spiders
By Dr. William Syer Bristowe. Vol. 1. (Ray Society, Vol. 126, for the Year 1938.) Pp. x + 228 + 19 plates. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1939.) 25s.
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W., R. Biology. Nature 144, 895 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144895a0
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