Life by the seashore : an introduction to natural history / [Marion I. Newbigin].

  • Newbigin, Marion I. (Marion Isabel), 1869-1934
Date:
1901
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Credit: Life by the seashore : an introduction to natural history / [Marion I. Newbigin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE mHIS book is largely based upon a series of lectures on common shore animals, delivered at different times to various audiences. Its object is to enable those who have not had a special zoological training to learn the names and characters of the common inhabitants of the rock pools; but it is hoped that the subject has been treated from a sufficiently broad standpoint to render tire hook also of value as a general introduction to one of the most fascinating branches of modern science. Special efforts have been made to render the descriptions sufficiently de- tailed to ensure the identification of actual specimens, and to assist the process by keys and tables. As this detail naturally limits the number of species it is possible to discuss, the book makes no attempt at completeness. It treats chiefly of the common shore forms of the East Coast, but this partiality is cor- rected, first by notes on distribution, and second by a list of books of reference, which will enable those interested to pursue the subject further. In regard to this list I may say that it has been limited to works