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give en saavidt muligt kortfattet systematisk Over- 
sigt af samtlige hidtil kjendte norske Arter, hvor- 
ved der er lagt hovedsagelig Vegt paa dets prak- 
tiske Anvendelighed ved Artsbestemmelsen, mindre 
paa det ydre Udstyr eller paa en mere indgaaende 
anatomisk Behandling af de enkelte Former. Jeg 
tror, at zoologiske Arbeider udarbeidede efter ethvert 
af disse Principer har sin fulde Berettigelse og Nytte 
Side om Side, og skulde ogsaa af denne Grund onske, 
at Fauna Norvegie blev forbeholdt mere udforlige 
Monographier af enkelte mindre kjendte Dyreformer 
eller af begrendsede Grupper, der maatte frem- 
byde en serlig Interesse i anatomisk-biologisk Hen- 
seende. 
Plancherne til nerverende Bind er i sin Tid 
udforte paa nu afdode Lithograf Lynghs Officin, og 
ved deres Udforelse er anvendt al den Omhyggelig- 
hed og Kunst, som da kunde presteres, saavel hvad 
Lithographering som Farvetrykning angaar. Texten 
er i Lighed med de 2 sidste Bind af Fauna littoralis 
og med Nordhavs-Expeditionens Generalberetning, 
dobbeltspaltet, den ene Spalte norsk, den anden en- 
gelsk. Oversettelsen af de 6 forste Ark er besorget 
af nu afdode Translateur Wilson, Resten af Miss 
Jessie Muir. 
Idet jeg herved fremlegger for Offentligheden 
Iste Bind af Fauna Norvegie, sker det med det 
Haab, at der maa gives vore fremtidige Zoologer 
Anledning til at fortsette dette- Verk med flere 
paafolgende Bind udstyrede paa en for vort Land 
verdig Maade. 
Forfatteren. 
systematic survey of all the hitherto known Nor- 
wegian species, whereby special importance is laid 
on its practical applicability in the determination 
of species, and less on its external get-up, or on a 
more detailed anatomical treatment of the various 
forms. I think that zoological works written on 
these two principles are perfectly legitimate and 
useful side by side; and I therefore wish that Fauna 
Norvegie could be kept for more detailed mono- 
graphs on certain less familiar animal forms, or of 
limited groups that offered special interest in an 
anatomical-biological direction. 
The plates to the present volume were executed, 
in their time, in the late lithographer Lyngh’s 
printing-office, and all the care and art of which 
that time was capable, both as regards lithography 
and colour-printing, were employed in their execu- 
tion. The letter-press is similar to that of the last 
2 volumes of Fauna littoralis, and to the General 
Report of the North Atlantic Expedition, being in two 
columns, the one column Norwegian, the other Eng- 
lish. The translation of the first 6 sheets was made 
by the late Mr. Wilson, translator, the remainder 
by Miss Jessie Muir. 5 
In now presenting the first volume of Fauna 
Norvegie to the public, I do so in the hope that 
opportunity may be given to our future zoologists 
to continue this work with successive volumes, got 
up in a manner worthy of our country. 
The Author. 
