CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE Dedication ...... The Advisory Council of the Victoria History General Advertisement Contents List of Illustrations and Maps Preface .... Table of Abbreviations Natural History : — Geology Palaeontology Botany : — Introduction . Botanical Districts Cryptogamia Vascularia : — Filices {Ferns and Fern jellies) Equisetaceae and Lycopodiaceae Musci {Mosses). Fungi Zoology : — Molluscs . Insects By LiNSDALL Richardson, F.G.S. By R. Lydekker, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G By the Rev. Augustin Ley, M.A. By the Rev C. H. Binstead, M.A. By Carleton Rea, B.C.L., M.A. By B. B. Woodward, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.M.S. Edited by the Rev. Canon W. W. Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., F E.S D.Sc, Orthoptera {Earzvigs, Grass- hoppers, i^c.) and Neuroptera {pragon flies, Lace-wings,^c.) Coleoptera {Beetles) Lepidoptera {Butterflies and Moths) Diptera {Flies) Spiders . Crustaceans Fishes Reptiles and Batrachians Birds Mammals . Early Man Romano-British Herefordshire By W. J. Lucas, B A., F.E.S By the Rev. Canon W. W. Fowt-er, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S. F.E S By J. H. Wood, M.B >j J) By the Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A., F.R.S By the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S By J. F. Symonds . ... By Gerald R. Leighton, M.D., F.R.S.E. . By E. Cambridge Phillips, M.B.O.U., M.P.LO.C. By Miss B. Lindsay . . . . By George Clinch, F.G.S., F.S.A. Scot By H. B. Walters, M.A , F.S A. PAGE V vii vii xiii XV xix xxi I 35 39 42 53 54 54 56 77 80 80 80 85 96 109 1 12 122 127 130 149 157 .67