236 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
of the individual is an epitome of the history of the evolution 
of the species.”” But these evolutionary conceptions of the most 
illustrious disciple of Plato did not prevent him receiving a very 
considerable imprimatur of the Church; and, as remarked in 
this volume, ‘‘ the adoption of Aristotle’s methods of reasoning 
was followed by the adoption, in part at least, of his system 
of philosophy, and the resulting alliance, if it may be so called, 
between the Church and Aristotelianism became so close that 
an attack on one was considered to be an attack on the other.”’ 
A Catalogue of the Vertebrate Fauna of Dumfriesshire. By 
Hueu S. Guapstone, M.A., F.R.S.E., &e. J. Maxwell 
and Son. 
DumrrizssHire will always be remembered by British natu- 
ralists as the land of Robert Service, and Mr. Gladstone is now 
recognized as its vertebrate historian—excluding Homo. 
In the Introduction we read :—‘‘ The Solway Firth is remark- 
able for the rapid rise and surging flow of the tides, now filling 
up the whole basin with a flood of turbid water, and then 
ebbing slowly back, till only a mere thread of water is left 
running down the Firth. The prevailing shallowness, combined 
with the swiftness of the tides, makes the Firth at times a trap 
for Cetaceans; and in their northern migration uncommon fish, 
usually confined to deeper waters or more southern latitudes, 
occasionally enter the narrow Firth and become victims to its 
intricate channels and ever-present nets.” 
The Mammals and Birds are fully recorded, the latter having 
been previously described by Mr. Gladstone in ‘The Birds of 
Dumfriesshire.’ In the enumeration of the Marine and Fresh- 
water Fish, we notice an entry of a Pike: ‘‘ Hightae Loch, April, 
1830, forty-five pounds; and another at Castle Loch, June 10th, 
1835, forty-three pounds.” Any authentic instance of a Pike 
of over forty pounds being taken at present times is a very 
desirable record. 
