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Title: The History of the European Fauna

Author: R. F. Scharff

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_THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE SERIES._

Edited by HAVELOCK ELLIS.

THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN FAUNA

THE HISTORY OF THE
EUROPEAN FAUNA

R. F. SCHARFF, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.Z.S.

_Keeper of the Natural History Collections, Science and Art Museum,
Dublin; Member of the Royal Irish Academy; Corresponding
Member of the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft._

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON
WALTER SCOTT, LIMITED
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1899

CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION 1-36

CHAPTER II.
PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS 37-88

CHAPTER III.
THE FAUNA OF BRITAIN 89-131

CHAPTER IV.
THE ARCTIC FAUNA 132-188

CHAPTER V.
THE SIBERIAN MIGRATION 189-244

CHAPTER VI.
THE ORIENTAL MIGRATION 245-286

CHAPTER VII.
THE LUSITANIAN FAUNA 287-308

CHAPTER VIII.
THE ALPINE FAUNA 309-350

BIBLIOGRAPHY 351-354

INDEX 355-364

PREFACE.

Our knowledge of the present and past fauna of Europe is as yet
insufficient to indicate with precision the original homes of its
component elements, but I hope that the lines of research laid down
here, and the method of treatment adopted, wil