CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE 



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Dedication ............... v 



The Advisory Council of the Victoria History . . vii 



General Advertisement vii 



The Nottinghamshire County Committee .......... xiii 



Contents . . xv 



List of Illustrations xvii 



Preface xix 



Table of Abbreviations xxi 



Natural History 



Introduction By Professor J. W. CARR, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. . xxvii 



Geology By Professor J. F. BLAKE, M.A., F.G.S. . . . i 



Palaeontology . . . By R. LYDEKKER, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S. . . -37 



Botany By Professor J. W. CARR, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Introduction ........ . . . . 41 



Botanical Districts ............. 48 



Vascular Plants .............51 



Musci (Mosses) ............ .61 



Hepaticae (Liverworts and Scale Mosses') . . . . . . . . .65 



Algae ............... 66 



Lichens ............... 67 



Fungi ................ 68 



Zoology 



Molluscs . . . . By B. STURCES DODD and B. B. WOODWARD, F.L.S., 



F.G.S., F.R.M.S 75 



Insects By Professor J. W. CARR, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Aptera (S/ ring- tails and Bristle-tails) . . . . . . . . . 79 



Orthoptera (Earwigs, Grasshoppers, etc.) ......... 80 



Neuroptera (Dragon-flies, May-flies, Caddis-flies, etc.) . . . . . . .81 



Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Saw-flics, Ichneumons, etc.) . . . . . . .83 



Coleoptera (Beetles') 93 



Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths') . . . . . . . . . .108 



Diptera (Flies) . . .123 



Hemiptera (Bugs, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . .128 



Myriapoda (Centipedes and MUR- 



pedef) By Professor J. W. CARR, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. . . 131 



Spiders . 132 



Crustaceans .... By the Rev. T. R. R. STEBBING, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. 141 



Fishes By Professor J. W. CARR, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. . . 152 



Reptiles and Batrachians . ..155 



Birds . . . . . By J. WHITAKER, F.Z.S., etc 156 



Mammals .... By Professor J. W. CARR, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. . . 177 



