DEDICATED 



(with permission of Mrs. Hutton) 



to 



The late CAPTAIN F. W. HUTTON, F.R.S., 



in humble appreciation of his eminent service in many 

 departments of New Zealand Zoology ; 



in warm admiration of the proof he furnished, in 



character and utterances, that pure religion and 



true science may keep close company ; 



and 



in deep gratitude for personal encouragement and help 

 in the writers's early scientific study. 



