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during the sequence of the Faunal Lists, or receive 

 mention in our Introductory Chapters. 



As regards materials for a Chronological Vertebrate 

 Fauna of Moray — at least that part of it south of the 

 Great Glen — we have very continuous records for nearly 

 a century, and perhaps no other area of Scotland, 

 except Forth, can boast of such unbroken attention. 

 We do not in our chronology go much further back 

 than the old Statistical Account of Scotland. We pass 

 on through the years of very general literary activity 

 which succeeded, and in which the names of many 

 Moray naturalists held prominent place — an activity 

 not confined to the Moray Basin alone, but which was 

 even more pronounced in Edinburgh, and some other 

 parts of Scotland : we refer to a period which had 

 its climax about the years 1828 to 1836. This was 

 followed by the issue of the New Statistical Account 

 of Scotland, and by the continuous records supplied 

 by numerous local observers, and naturalists also from 

 a distance, bringing our materials down to date of 

 about 1850 to 1857. Scattered in footnotes through- 

 out our volumes our readers will find most of the names, 

 where they occur for the first time, of those who have 

 assisted in building up a structure which we believe will 



