CHAPTER XIV. 
ZOOLOGY. 
Edited by 
J. PLAYFAIR McMURRICH, Ph.D. 
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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 
Mollusea 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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