The History of the European FaunaScharff, R. F. (Robert Francis)
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The History of the European Fauna
Scharff, R. F. (Robert Francis)
Animals -- Europe; Zoogeography
Spelling variants were there was no obvious preference were left as is.
These include: "Ægean" and "Egean;" "bobac" and "bobak" (Arctomys);
"boulder-clay" and "boulder clay;" "caspia" and "caspica" (Mysis);
"earthworm" and "earth-worm;" "eocene" and "Eocene;" "europæus" and
"Europæus" (Lepus); "freshwater" and "fresh-water;" "indistinguishable"
and "undistinguishable;" "luscinea" and "luscinia" (Daulias); "maugei"
and "Maugei" (Testacella); "Midwife" and "Mid-wife;" "miocene" and
"Miocene;" "Miogale" and "Myogale;" "oligocene" and "Oligocene;"
"paludosa" and "palludosa" (Branchinecta); "pensylvanica" and
"pennsylvanica;" "Pica" and "Pika;" "pleistocene" and "Pleistocene;"
"pliocene" and "Pliocene;" "polaki" and "Polaki" (Meles); "repeople" and
"re-people;" "Rhodes" and "Rhodos;" "rusconii" and "Rusconii" (Molge);
"souslik" and "suslik", along with derivatives; "subarctic" and
"sub-arctic;" "subdivide" and "sub-divide", along with derivatives;
"submarine" and "sub-marine;" "subtropical" and "sub-tropical;"
"Tianshan" and "Tian Shan;" "woodlice" and "wood-lice", with "woodlouse"
and "wood-louse."
Changed "Atlantis" to "Atlantic" on page 48: "across the Atlantic."
Changed "Millepede" to "Millipede" on page 115: "Millipede, Polydesmus
gallicus."
Added period at end of sentence on page 144: "was more temperate."
Added period at end of sentence on page 145: "such northern latitudes."
Changed "know" to "known" on page 175: "known as the inter-glacial
phase."
Changed "europea" to "europæa" on page 191: "Bullfinch (P. europæa)."
Changed "mers-de-glace" to "mers de glace" on page 226: 'ice-sheets, or
"mers de glace,"'.
Changed "Altai" to "Altaï" on page 245: "the Altaï Mountains."
Changed "Telphusa" to "Thelphusa" on page 281: "(Thelphusa
fluviatilis)."
Changed "Campylæa" to "Campylaea" on page 297: "Alpine sub-genus
Campylaea."
Changed "Grönland's" to "Grönlands" on page 354: "Ueber Grönlands
Vegetation."
Inserted comma after "65" on page 357 in index entry for "Climate in
Glacial period."
Changed "octopetela" to "octopetala" on page 357: "Dryas octopetala, 79,
238."
In the index entry for Mysis, changed "necropthalma" to "micropthalma"
to match the text of the book. However, I suspect both should actually
be "microphthalma."
Changed "Oeneis" to "Œneis" on page 361, in its index entry.
Changed "moschatas" to "moschatus" on page 361: "Ovibos moschatus."
Changed "apollo" to "Apollo" on page 361 in the index entry for
Parnassius.
Changed "Stronglyocentrotus" to "Strongylocentrotus" on page 363:
"Strongylocentrotus lividus, 125."
Changed "Natter-jack" to "Natterjack" on page 363: "Toad, Natterjack,
30."
Changed "Wag-tails" to "Wagtails" on page 364, in its index entry.
Added closing square bracket in advertisement for the HUMOUR OF JAPAN:
"[In preparation.]".
End of Project Gutenberg's The History of the European Fauna, by R. F. Scharff
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