8 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



' The Marine Algae of the Orkney Islands ' ( " Trans. Bot. Soc. 

 Edin.," 1890, pp. 302-342). 



' Supplementary Notes on the Marine Algae of the Orkney Islands, 

 South Ronaldshay '("Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.," 1892, pp. 

 544-546); 'North Ronaldshay' (l.c., 1895, pp. 341-345). 



Several of these papers were issued also in separate form 

 as reprints, and some of these were illustrated with dried 

 herbarium specimens. 



THE LATE WILLIAM ARCHER, F.R.S. 



WILLIAM ARCHER, F.R.S., from 1876 to 1895 Librarian to 

 the Royal Dublin Society, made several visits to Scotland, 

 and for the most part in collaboration with Dr. John Roy of 

 Aberdeen did excellent work in the investigation of the 

 microscopic Algae of our country. A short account of his 

 life and his scientific work is given in the " Irish Naturalist," 

 October 1897, pp. 253-257, with a portrait. He was born 

 on 6th May 1830, and died on I4th August 1897, having 

 been an invalid for a considerable time before his death. 



ON THE MINOR FAUNAL AREAS. 

 By J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



AT the present time naturalists are endeavouring to arrive 

 at conclusions regarding certain groups of phenomena 

 relating to animal life, which phenomena have every 

 appearance of being intimately associated with one another. 

 These are: Bird Flight, Migration, Dispersal,and Distribution. 



As a first means towards their study I have long 

 advocated the subdivision of larger areas into smaller sub- 

 areas, and have illustrated my contention by treating this 

 country of Scotland in such a manner. I have defined 

 what we may call " the Minor Faurial Areas of Scotland " 

 from topographical and faunal standpoints. 



I do not consider it necessary to enumerate these by name, 

 except in so far as may be required to illustrate the present 



