Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

Island Life (1895)

Summary

Portrait of Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace Island Life (1895)

Chapter XXI. and XXII. Some important additions have been made to these chapters owing to more accurate information as to the depth of the sea around New Zealand, and to the discovery of abundant remains of fossil plants of the tertiary and cretaceous periods both in New Zealand and Australia.
In the body of the work I have in each case acknowledged the valuable information given me by naturalists of eminence in their various departments, and I return my best thanks to all who have so kindly assisted me. I am however indebted in a special manner to one gentleman—Mr. Theo.
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Portrait of Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace Island Life (1895)

Helena, 303 Hepaticæ, peculiar British, 366 non-European genera of, in Britain, 367 Hesperomys, 26 Hesperornis allied to ostriches, 481 Hieracium iricum, 362 High land essential to the production of a glacial epoch, 195 Hildebrand, Dr. W., on flora of the Sandwich Islands, 321 Himalayan birds and insects in Celebes, 462 Hippopotamus in Yorkshire as proving a mild climate, 119 Hochstetter on the aquatic mammal of New Zealand, 475 Hooker, Sir Joseph, on the Galapagos flora, 287 on affinities of St.
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