LIBRARY 30 



The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



No. i] 



1892 



[JANUARY 



EDITORIAL 



IN this, the first number of " The Annals of Scottish Natural 

 History," a brief statement regarding the important part it is 

 hoped the new magazine will fulfil in furthering the progress 

 of Natural History in Scotland, may not be considered 

 inappropriate. 



Limited as our pages must be to original matter relating 

 to the Biology of Scotland, Recent and Fossil, it is evident 

 that they cannot and should not be devoted to general ques- 

 tions relating to minute anatomy and physiology, for such 

 more fitly find a place in Journals and Transactions of less 

 restricted scope. Nor are monographs of a purely systematic 

 nature, dealing with subjects not strictly Scottish, suitable for 

 our Magazine. Yet, despite these restrictions, the field of 

 work is both wide and varied, and there should, indeed, be 

 no lack of Papers and Notes of value and interest to our 

 readers, and ample room for " The Annals " in the serial 

 literature of British Natural History. 



In ZOOLOGY there is yet much very much to be ascer- 

 tained regarding the innumerable species of the various Classes 

 of the Invertebrata inhabiting Scotland, and their distribution, 

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