CHAPTER XIV. 

 ZOOLOGY. 



Edited by 

 J. PLAYFAIR McMURRICH, Ph.D. 



IN preparing this first list of the Fauna in the 

 neighbourhood of Toronto it was fully recognized 

 that while the lists of the Vertebrates could be made 

 practically complete, and those of the Insects and 

 Mollusca fairly so, great gaps must of necessity occur 

 in those of the other groups of Invertebrates. It has 

 seemed advisable, however, to place on record our 

 scanty information concerning these last named 

 groups, not only for the sake of completeness, but 

 more especially in the hope that its very scantiness 

 may stimulate the naturalists of the vicinity to make 

 a special study of these hitherto neglected forms. 

 Abundant and interesting results would undoubtedly 

 follow from the study of such groups as the Ants, 

 the Spiders, the Entomostracous Crustacea, the 

 Earthworms and their allies, the Rotifers and the 

 Infusoria, and it is to be hoped that when another 

 edition of this list is prepared these groups may be 

 fully represented. 



The editor desires to thank those who have com- 

 piled the various lists that follow, for the care and 

 promptitude with which they have accomplished 

 their tasks, willingly undertaken. It is hoped that 

 the brief bibliographical references appended to each 

 list may be of use to those who may be desirous of 

 undertaking faunistic work in this vicinity. 

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