Life of Alfred Newton : professor of comparative anatomy, Cambridg university, 1866-1907 / by A.F.R. Wollaston, with a preface by Sir Archibald Geikie.

  • Sandy Wollaston
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1921
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Credit: Life of Alfred Newton : professor of comparative anatomy, Cambridg university, 1866-1907 / by A.F.R. Wollaston, with a preface by Sir Archibald Geikie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Keports op Committees. Report of the Committee consisting of the Rev. Canon Tristram, Professor Newton, H, E. Dresser, J. S. Harting, and the Rev. A. F. Barnes, appointed for the purpose of continuing the Investigation on the Desirability of Establishing a “ Close-time ” for the Preservation of Indigenous Animals. Rept. Brit. Assoc., 1872. Do., do., do. Rept. Brit. Assoc., Bradford, 1877. Statement by the Committee appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, for the purpose of continuing the Investigation on the Desirability of Establishing a “ Close-time ’’ for the Preservation of Indigenous Animals. Feb., 1876. Report of the Committee . . . appointed for the purpose of enquiring into the Possibility of Establishing a ‘‘ Close-time ” for the Protection of Indigenous Animals. 1876. Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. H. F. Barnes- Lawrence, C. Spence Bate, Esq., H. E. Dresser, Esq. (Sec.), Dr. A. Gunther, J. E. Harting, Esq., Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, Professor Newton, and the Rev. Canon Tristram, appointed for the purpose of Inquiring into the Possibility of Establishing a “ Close-time ” for Indigenous Animals. Rept. Brit. Assoc., 1878. Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Thiselton Dyer (Sec.), Professor Newton, Professor Flower, Mr. Carruthers, and Mr. Sclater, appointed for the purpose of ‘'Reporting on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of the West Indian Islands,” and taking steps to Investigate Ascertained De¬ ficiencies in the Fauna and Flora. Brit. Assoc., Bath, 1888. 1888. Bird Migration in Great Britain and Ireland. Report of the Committee . . . appointed for the purpose of making a Digest of the Observations on the Migrations of Birds at Lighthouses and Light-vessels, 1880-1887. Brit. Assoc., 1896. Do., do., do. Third Interim Report. Brit. Assoc., 1900. Do., do., do. Fourth Interim Report. (Proof.) Brit. Assoc., 1901. Do., do., do. Fifth Interim Report. Brit. Assoc., 1902. Do., do., do. Sixth and Final Report. Brit. Assoc., 1903. [Letters and reviews published in weekly and other Journals have been omitted from the above list. For the sake of completeness should be added three works, the publication of which extended over a term of years, namely, “ Yarrell’s History of British Birds,” vols. i. and ii.; “The Dictionary of Birds,” and “ Ootheca Wolleyana.”]