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give en saavidt rauHgt kortfattet systematisk Over- 

 sigt af samtlige bidtil kj endte norske Arter, hvor- 

 ved der er lagt hovedsagelig Vægt paa dets prak- 

 tiske Anvendeliglied ved Artsbestemmelsen, mindre 

 paa det ydre Udstyr eller paa en mere indgaaende 

 anatomisk Behandling af de enkelte Former. Jeg 

 tror, at. zoologiske Arbeider udarbeidede efter ethvert 

 af disse Principer har sin falde Berettigelse og N5'tte 

 Side om Side, og skulde ogsaa af denne Grund onske, 

 at Fauna Norvcrpo' blev forVteholdt mere ndforlige 

 Monograpliier af enkelte mindre kj endte Dy ref ormer 

 eller af begrændsede (Irujiper, der maatte frem- 

 byde en særlig Interesse i anatomisk-biologisk Hen- 

 seende. 



Plancherne til nærværende Bind er i sin Tid 

 iidforte paa nu afdode Lithograf Lynghs Officin, og 

 ved deres Udforelse er anvendt al den Omhyggelig- 

 hed og Kunst, som da kunde præsteres, saavel hvad 

 Lithographering som Farvetrykning angaar. Texten 

 er i Lighed med de 2 sidste Bind af Fauna littoralis 

 og med Nordhavs-Expeditionens Gener alb er etning, 

 dobl)eltspaltet, den ene Spalte norsk, den anden en- 

 gelsk. Oversættelsen afde 6forsteArk er l)esorget 

 af nu afdode Translateur Wilson, Resten af Miss 

 Jessie Muir. 



Idet jeg herved fremlægger for Offentligheden 

 Iste Bind af Fauna ISorregiæ., sker det med det 

 Haalj, at der maa gives vore fremtidige Zoologer 

 Anledning til at fortsætte dette Værk med flere 

 paafølgende Bind udstyrede paa en for vort Land 

 værdig Maade. 



Forfatteren. 



systematic survey of all the hitherto known Nor- 

 wegian species, whereby special importance is laid 

 on its practical applicability in the determination 

 of .species, and less on its external get-up, or on a 

 mure detailed anatomical treatment of the various 

 fonns. I tliink that zoological works written on 

 these two principles are perfectly legitimate and 

 useful side by side; and I therefore wish that jPa«wa 

 Norvecjice could be ke])t for more detailed mono- 

 graphs on certain less familiar animal forms, or of 

 limited groups that offered special interest in an 

 anatomical-biological direction. ♦ 



The plates to the present volume were executed, 

 in their time, in the late lithographer Lyngh's 

 ])rinting-ofiice, and all the care and art of which 

 that time was apable, both as regards lithography 

 and coloai'-printing, were emijloyed in their execu- 

 tion. The letter-press is similar to that of the last 

 2 volumes oi T'aiwa liltoraJis^ and to the General 

 Report of the North Atlantic Expedition, being in two 

 columns, the one column Norwegian, the other Eng- 

 lish. The translation of the first 6 sheets was made 

 by the late Mr. Wilson, translator, the remainder 

 by Miss Jessie Muir. 



In now presenting the first volume of Fauna 

 Norvegice to the public, I do so in the hope that 

 opportunity may be given to oirr future zoologists 

 to continue this work with .successive volumes, got 

 up in a manner worthy of our country. 



The Author. 



