PREFACE. 



of what others had done, and also of what remained 

 to be done. 



Those who would know something of what Edward 

 has accomplished in only one department of his 

 favourite subject, should consult Messrs. Bate and 

 Westwood's History of the British Sessile-eyed 

 Crustacea, where his services to the cause of science 

 are fully and generously acknowledged. Of the 

 numerous Crustacea mentioned in that work, Edward 

 collected a hundred and seventy-seven in the Moray 

 Firth, of which twenty were New Species. 



In 1866, Edward was elected an Associate of the 

 Linnean Society, one of the highest honours that 

 science could confer upon him. Since then, how- 

 ever, he has been able to do comparatively littl* for 

 the advancement of his favourite study. He had been 

 so battered about by falling from rocks in search of 

 birds, and so rheumatised by the damp, wet, and cold, 

 to which he was exposed at night, for he was obliged 

 to carry on his investigations after his day's work 

 was over, that he was unable to continue his inves- 

 tigations in Natural History. 



In the Appendix will be found a Selection of the 

 Fauna of Banffshire, prepared by Edward. I have 

 been able to find room for only the Mammals, Birds, 



