Plagiostomata of the Pacific. Pt. I. Fam. Heterodontidae / by N. de Miklouho-Maclay and William Macleay.
- Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
- Date:
- [1878]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Plagiostomata of the Pacific. Pt. I. Fam. Heterodontidae / by N. de Miklouho-Maclay and William Macleay. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![ANATOMICAL REMARKS. By 1ST. de Miklouho-Maclay. “ Those whose specific gift of inclination leads them to “ the pursuit of other branches of biology, as morpho- “ logy, physiology, embroyology, etc., must have definite “ names for the objects they observe, depict, or describe, “ and are dependent upon the researches of the systematic “ zoologist for supplying them, and should not neglect to “ take his counsel, otherwise much of their work will lose “ its value.” W. P. Flower. Address in Zoology. Nature, Aug. 15, 1878. Rep. of Brit. Assoc., 1878. These words of Professor Flower express with perfect correct- ness the principal consideration which induced me, in addition to my work in comparative neurology, to collect, also, sufficient material for a systematic treatise, which should serve as a supple- ment to, or commentary on the former. The present work I regard, then, as nothing more than an illustrated catalogue of the group of fishes which interest me from the standpoint of comparative neurology ; and, since a favourable opportunity presents itself, the appendix or commentary appears before the body of the work ('the continuation of my “ Contribu- tions to Comparative Neurology”).* During my travels from 1870 to 1878, I have never neglected to collect materials for my studies on the brain, and, wherever it was possible, to carry on investigations on that subject. But, since the books necessary for the more exact determi- nation of the objects under investigation were not everywhere at my command, I have always taken ample notes, and above * N. von Miklueho-Maclay. Boitrage zur Vorgleichonden Neurologie der Wirbelthiero, 1. und II., Leipzig, 1870. Verlag von W. Engelmann. [14]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22367913_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
