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interest in the progress of the work than the late Prof. George Busk, whose unselfish
devotion to zoology is another memorable example of the brotherhood of medicine and
natural history. The late Mr. Spence Bate, of Plymouth, Dr. Baird, of the British
Museum, Dr. W. B. Carpenter, Sir Wyville Thomson, Dr. Bowerbank, Dr. David
Robertson, of Cumbrae, Prof. Grube, of Breslau, Edouard Claparède, of Geneva, Dr.
Howden, of Montrose, Dr. Carrington, of Eccles, Mr. A. G. Moore, of Dublin, James
Duncan Matthews, of Aberdeen, and Profs. Dickie, Ogilvie, and Dyce, of the same place,
were of signal service in forwarding specimens. I have also to acknowledge'similar and
valued aid from the late Prof. Allman, Canon Norman, Prof. Ray Lankester, Mr. Whiteaves,
of Canada, Ludwig von Graff, of Gratz, Mr. Brooking Rowe, Plymouth, Miss Florence
Buchanan, Prof. G. S. Brady, Prof. Percival Wright, Prof. Howes, Sir John Murray,
Prof. Haddon, Dr. Scharff, Dublin, Mrs. Collings, late of Sark, Dr. E. P. Ramsay and Prof.
Has well, of Sydney, Dr. John Anderson, late of Calcutta, Prof. Herdman, Mr. Beddard,
Dr. Sydney Harmer, Prof. Jeffrey Bell, Mr. J. T. Cunningham, Prof. Ewart, Mr. Shipley,
Mr. Parfitt, Exeter, Dr. Fulton and Mr. H. C. Williamson, of the staff of the Fishery
Board, Mr. Arnold Watson, Sheffield, Mr. Shrubsole, Sheerness-on-Sea, Mr. Sibert
Saunders, Whitstable, and Mr. Hornell, of Jersey.
For assistance in other respects I have gratefully to remember Prof. Giard, of Paris,
Prof. Alex. Agassiz, À. E. Verrill, John Murdoch, J. Walter Fewkes, Prof. H. E. Webster,
Dr. H. P. Johnson, Miss M. Lewis, J. E. Benedict, Dr. T. H. Montgomery, of the United
States, Dr. J. P. Hill, of Sydney, Prof. A. G. Bourne; Madras, Prof. W. B. Benham, Otago,
Prof. Harvey Gibson, Liverpool, J. Jennings Hind, Mr. Garstang, Plymouth, Prof. Gilson,
of Louvain, the late Prof. Lovén, Stockholm, the late Dr. A. J. Malmgren, Helsingfors,
Dr. Emil Marenzeller, Vienna, Prof. A. F. Marion, Marseilles, MM. Pruvot and Racovitza,
Prof. G. 0. Sars, Dr. Fridiof Nansen, Christiania, Prof. Hjalmar Théel, Stockholm, Dr. A.
Wirén, Upsala, Prof. Hubrecht, Utrecht, Prof. Haeckel, Jena, Dr. W. Michaelsen, Hamburg,
Prof. C. 0. Minot, Boston, Prof. Playfair McMurrich, Michigan, Dr. Langerhans, Madeira,
Louis Roule and Baron Jules de Guerne, Paris, Baron de St.-Joseph, Prof. Paul Hallez,
Prof. Barrois and M. Malaquin, Lille, F. Mesnil, Paris, M. Caullery, Lyons, Pierre Fauvel,
Caën, Julian Fraipont, Prof. Julin, Liège, Jules Bonnier, E. Brumpt, Dr. Kükenthal,
Jena, Prof. Ehlers, Göttingen, Prof. B. Hatschek, Dr. R. Greef, Dr. F. Veidovsky, Praag,
Prof. Hensen, Kiel, Prof. K. Brandt, Dr. J. Reibisch, Th. Kuhlgatz, Dr. V. Häcker,
Freiburg, P. Tauber and G. M. R. Levinsen, -Copenhagen, Dr. R. Horst, Leiden, Dr. G. A.
Hansen, Dr. C. Apstein, Kiel, Dr. Apellöf, Bergen, Ivar Ardwidsson, Dr. C. Aurivillius,
Dr. D. Carazzi, Florence, Dr. S. Orlandi, Dr. C. J. Cori, A. Birula, St. Petersburg, Prof.
Möbius, Berlin, Prof. Kishinouye, U. Takura, S. Goto, S. Hatai, and A. Iizuka, Tokyo,
the late Prof. Moseley, Dr. Mûrie, Capt. Fielden, Dr. Marcus Gunn, the Duke of Argyll,
and the late Sir Walter Elliot, of Wolflee. My colleague, Prof. Lawson, kindly looked
over certain proof-sheets when they were delayed by an illness ; Dr. A. T. Masterman
also gave me his valued aid at this time. I am also indebted to Prof. Wiltshire for his
careful revision and suggestions.
Various Fishery officers in Scotland, especially Mr. Bain of Peterhead, Mr. Duthie of
Lerwick, Mr. Mair of Montrose, and Mr. Cooper, formerly of Aberdeen, have been of
much service in forwarding specimens used as bait or otherwise interesting.
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For the best of the coloured drawings from life I am indebted to my late sister, Mrs.
Gunther, the loss of whose delicate touch and experience has been greatly felt in the
completion of the work. I have also to thank Dr. A. T. Masterman, Rev. J. M. Anderson,
my artist—Miss Ada Walker, and Miss Burnet of St. Andrews, for aid in this respect.
The present part contains comparatively plain examples of the group, which is remarkable
for beauty of coloration in such as the Phyllodocidse, Nereidse, and many others.
It has been found impossible to represent all the parts required for identification from
the living form, because many have not been seen alive, or if so, under circumstances
inimical to anything else than preservation. Yet this is not altogether a drawback, since
many workers have only spirit-specimens to deal with, and the parts so preserved retain
certain useful characteristics. On this head, indeed, diverse views are held, one of the
most recent being that of Dr. H. P. Johnson, of California, who asserts that descriptions
from life are only advantageous in respect to colour.
W. C. M.
G-atty M a r in e L a boratory,
St . An d r ew s ;
July, 1899.
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