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I have in this short, and necessarily very far from complete 
sketch, directed your attention only to the published results of 
Zoological work done in this neighbourhood, for various reasons, 
among others, because I have had the pleasure of personal ac- 
quaintance with but few of those who deserve mention in an 
account of the bygone Naturalists of Aberdeenshire, and because 
a knowledge of what they have done is difficult of attainment 
where not! preserved for us by means of published records. , 
Before leaving this subject, allow me to direct your attention 
for yet a few moments to what has been done in times past in the 
neighbouring counties of Banff and Elgin, by zoologists resident 
in these counties, most of them, Iam proud to say, members of 
this Society. 
The neighbourhood of Banff has been rendered classic ground 
for the naturalist by the exertions of several zoologists, foremost 
among whom stands Mr. Thomas Edward, a man of whom any 
country may well be proud, and who needs no eulogy from me. 
Numerous observations published by him in the Zoologist and, 
the Naturalist, as well as scattered through such works as Bate 
and Westwood’s British Sessile-eyed Crustacea, and Couch’s 
British Fishes, bear witness alike to the enthusiasm and to the 
success with which he has pursued the study of zoology near 
Banff. In Mr. Smiles’ most interesting “Life of a Scottish 
Naturalist,” lists of the Vertebrata, and of the Crustacea of 
Banffshire collected by Mr. Edward, are given in an appendix, 
with numerous notes on the habits of the animals mentioned. 
The following are among the more important of Mr. Edward’s 
papers in Magazines :— p 
“Notes on the Lepidoptera of Banffshire.” V., IV., pp. 127- 
32. 
“The Fishes of Banffshire.” WV, V., pp. 1-4, 59-62, 127-31; 
aes pp: 38-39, 
“A List of the Rayed Echinodermata of Banffshire”. J., 
IV., pp. 127-32. 
“ A List of the Zoophytes found on the Coast of Banffshire.” 
N., V., pp. 282-37. 
“ A List of the Birds of Banffshire, accompanied with Anec- 
dotes.” Z, XIV., pp. 5117-22, 5199-202, 5258-68; XVII, 
6595-6601, 6631-37, 6665-72; XVIIL., 6841-49, 6964-75. 
The Rev. W. Grigor, formerly schoolmaster at Macduff, aad now 
minister of Pitsligo, published in the Natwralzst, under the sig- 
nature “ W,” several valuable lists of the animals of the neigh- 
bourhood of Macduff and Banff. The more important are— 
“ Contributions to the Ichthyology of Banffshire.” Vol. TV., 
pp. 230-31; vol. V., pp, 207-10; vol. VI., pp. 229-33. 
