by William Swainson, Zoological Illustrations Series II… (1829)
“ Nearly all the species are natives of the Indian Ocean.The circular system of Nature has been so fully demonstrated, that it must now be received as the first great truth in Natural History. As, therefore, there can be but one natural system, it necessarily follows that all combinations of groups, whether large or small, which do not pretend to exhibit such a disposition, must be more or less artificial classifications. ”
