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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 honors that 
science could confer upon him. «Since then, how- 
ever, he has been able to do comparatively little for 
the advancement of his favorite study. He had 
been so battered about by falling from rocks in 
search of birds, and so rheumatized 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 investigations 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, Fishes, and Crustacea. I wish it had been 
possible to give the Star-fishes (Rayed Hehinoderma- 
ta), Mollusks, Zoophytes, and other objects; but this 
would have filled up the book, and left no room for 
the Biography. 
It was not my intention to have published the 
book in the ornate form in which it now appears. 
But my friend Mr. Reid, being greatly interested in 
the man and his story, and having volunteered to il- 
lustrate the work “for love,” I could not withstand 
his generous offer. Hence the very fine portrait of 
Edward, so exquisitely etched by Rajon; and the 
excellent wood-engravings of Whymper and Cooper, 
which illustrate the volume. 
It is scarcely necessary to say that the materials 
