. Island life; or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. ISLAND LIFE: OK, THE PHENOMENA AND CAUSES OF jfusular dTaiina^ anti Movn&, INCLUDING A EEYISION AND ATTEMPTED SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF (geological Cluitatcsi^ BY ALFEED RUSSEL WALLACE, AUTHOR OF the MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, TROPICAL NATURE, THE GEOGRAPHICALDISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS, &C. MACMILLAN AND CO. 1880. The Plight of Translation and Ecproduciion is Eescrvcd. LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, BREAD STREET HILL. TO SIR JOSEPH DALTOX HOOKER


. Island life; or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. ISLAND LIFE: OK, THE PHENOMENA AND CAUSES OF jfusular dTaiina^ anti Movn&, INCLUDING A EEYISION AND ATTEMPTED SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF (geological Cluitatcsi^ BY ALFEED RUSSEL WALLACE, AUTHOR OF the MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, TROPICAL NATURE, THE GEOGRAPHICALDISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS, &C. MACMILLAN AND CO. 1880. The Plight of Translation and Ecproduciion is Eescrvcd. LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, BREAD STREET HILL. TO SIR JOSEPH DALTOX HOOKER, , , , &C., &C., WHO, MORE THAN ANY OTHER WRITER, HAS ADVANCED OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS, AND ESPECIALLY OF INSULAR FLORAS, ON A KINDRED SUBJECT,AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND REGARD. PREFACE. The present volume is the result of four years additionalthought and research on the lines laid down in my GeograjpMcalDistribution of Animals, and may be considered as a popularsupplement to and completion of that work. It is, however, at the same time a complete work in itself;and, from the mode


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