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  PllOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  As 
  an 
  all-round 
  naturalist 
  lie 
  was 
  a 
  worthy 
  pupil 
  of 
  Linne, 
  and 
  his 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  every 
  branch 
  of 
  natural 
  science 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  

   profound. 
  His 
  ornithological 
  work 
  showed 
  accuracy 
  and 
  detail 
  far 
  

   ahead 
  of 
  Linne, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  definitely 
  stated 
  that 
  while 
  preparing 
  this 
  

   work 
  he 
  still 
  considered 
  himself 
  primarily 
  a 
  botani!^t. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History) 
  is 
  kept 
  a 
  cabinet 
  

   containing 
  Solander's 
  manuscripts, 
  received 
  with 
  Sir 
  Joseph 
  Banks' 
  

   collections, 
  and 
  from 
  a 
  glance 
  over 
  these 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  suggested 
  that 
  he 
  

   hoped 
  to 
  publish 
  a 
  Survey 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  comparable 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   Linne's 
  Systema 
  Natures, 
  but 
  on 
  an 
  even 
  more 
  extensive 
  and 
  

   accurate 
  scale 
  than 
  Gmelin's 
  edition 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  more 
  replete 
  with 
  

   personal 
  knowledge. 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  manuscript 
  deals 
  with 
  

   molluscs, 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  favourite 
  study 
  of 
  his 
  since 
  

   Solander 
  collected 
  them 
  on 
  his 
  voyages. 
  

  

  Donovan 
  in 
  the 
  Naturalisf 
  s 
  Repository, 
  vol. 
  i, 
  pi. 
  viii, 
  1st 
  June, 
  

   1822, 
  observed: 
  "It 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  very 
  generally 
  known, 
  excepting 
  

   only 
  among 
  naturalists, 
  that 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Solander 
  had 
  devoted 
  much 
  

   attention 
  to 
  this 
  intricate 
  science 
  ; 
  his 
  arrangement 
  of 
  shells 
  was 
  

   designed 
  as 
  an 
  amendment 
  upon 
  that 
  of 
  Linnaeus. 
  This 
  arrangement 
  

   was 
  never 
  made 
  public, 
  it 
  remained 
  in 
  manuscript 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  

   of 
  the 
  late 
  Sir 
  Joseph 
  Banks." 
  Donovan 
  proceeds 
  to 
  comment 
  on 
  

   what 
  may 
  be 
  learnt 
  from 
  a 
  perusal 
  of 
  these 
  MSS., 
  thus 
  showing 
  that 
  

   they 
  were 
  available 
  to 
  workers, 
  whilst 
  in 
  another 
  place 
  he 
  upbraids 
  

   Dillwyn 
  for 
  not 
  making 
  better 
  use 
  of 
  them 
  when 
  quoting 
  from 
  

   them. 
  Again, 
  Pulteney 
  continually 
  quotes 
  them 
  and 
  gives 
  notes 
  

   upon 
  them. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  trace 
  any 
  worker 
  since 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  Donovan 
  

   who 
  has 
  consulted 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  reputation 
  of 
  Solander 
  as 
  

   a 
  conchologist 
  stands 
  upon 
  the 
  published 
  account 
  of 
  British 
  fossils 
  

   in 
  Brander's 
  Fosnlia 
  Hantoniensia. 
  This 
  book, 
  small 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  I 
  am 
  

   told 
  by 
  my 
  friend 
  Mr. 
  Bullen 
  Newton, 
  is 
  a 
  standard 
  work 
  quite 
  

   remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  accuracy 
  as 
  the 
  initial 
  attempt 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  

   British 
  fossils. 
  

  

  A 
  source 
  of 
  publication 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  neglected 
  forms 
  the 
  basis 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  note. 
  A 
  reference 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Dall 
  to 
  the 
  Portland 
  

   Museum 
  Catalogue 
  compelled 
  me 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  this 
  publication. 
  

   I 
  carefully 
  studied 
  it 
  and 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  see 
  any 
  cause 
  for 
  the 
  

   non-acceptance 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  I 
  noted 
  in 
  it. 
  I 
  found 
  there 
  were 
  

   less 
  than 
  a 
  hundred 
  validly 
  proposed 
  names, 
  and 
  this 
  seemed 
  a 
  small 
  

   number 
  to 
  cause 
  an 
  exception 
  to 
  our 
  commonly 
  accepted 
  nomenclatural 
  

   laws. 
  I 
  at 
  once 
  looked 
  up 
  that 
  all-in-all 
  to 
  the 
  systematist, 
  the 
  

   Index 
  Animalium, 
  by 
  C. 
  Davies 
  Sherborn, 
  and 
  on 
  p. 
  xliv 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bibliography 
  I 
  read 
  " 
  Portland. 
  Catal. 
  of 
  the 
  Portland 
  Museum. 
  

   4to. 
  Lond. 
  1786. 
  [Mnny 
  tiomma 
  nuda 
  of 
  Testacea 
  by 
  Solander, 
  

   which 
  it 
  seems 
  inadvisable 
  to 
  introduce 
  into 
  literature] 
  ", 
  and 
  

   I 
  therefore 
  consulted 
  Mr. 
  Sherborn, 
  who 
  pointed 
  out 
  to 
  me 
  on 
  p. 
  458 
  

   the 
  entry 
  " 
  ' 
  hians 
  Argonauta, 
  Solander' 
  \_Portlan(l 
  Cafahgne], 
  

   This 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  MS. 
  name 
  and 
  nomen 
  midum 
  until 
  1817, 
  

   when 
  Dillwyn 
  described 
  it 
  in 
  Ins 
  Descr. 
  Catal. 
  Recent 
  Shells, 
  vol. 
  i, 
  

   1817, 
  p. 
  334''. 
  

  

  