Somerset County Committee

A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 1. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1906.

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'Somerset County Committee', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 1, (London, 1906) pp. xiii-xv. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol1/xiii-xv [accessed 25 April 2024]

CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE

Page
Dedication v
The Advisory Council of the Victoria History vii
General Advertisement vii
The Somerset County Committee xiii
Contents xv
List of Illustrations xvii
Preface xxi
Table of Abbreviations xxiii
Natural History
Geology By H.B. Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S. 1
Palæontology By R. Lydekker, F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S. 35
Botany
Introduction By the Rev. R. P. Murray, M.A., F.L.S. 41
Summary of Orders " " 43
The Botanical Districts " " 44
Brambles (Rubi) " " 49
Vascular Cryptogams " " 49
Mosses (Musci) By the Rev. C. H. Binstead, M.A. 51
Scale Mosses (Hepaticæ) By E. M. Holmes, F.L.S. 53
Freshwater Algæ " " 53
Marine Algæ " " 54
Lichens (Lichenes) " " 56
Fungi By Cedric Bucknall, Mus. Bac. 59
Mycetozoa " " 66
Zoology
Molluscs By B. B. Woodward, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.M.S. 71
Insects By Lt.-Col. Linley Blathwayt, F.L.S., F.E.S. 73
Orthoptera " " 74
Neuroptera " " 74
Hymenoptera " " 74
Coleoptera " " 76
Lepidoptera By Alfred E. Hudd, F.E.S., F.S.A. 87
Diptera By Lt.-Col. Linley Blathwayt, F.L.S., F.E.S. 115
Hemiptera " " 118
Myriapods By R. I. Pocock 121
Spiders By the late F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A. 124
Crustaceans By the Rev. T.R.R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 126
Fishes By G.A. Boulenger, F.R.S., F.Z.S. 135
Reptiles and Batrachians " " 139
Birds By the Rev. F. L. Blathwayt, M.A. 140
Mammals By H.J. Charbonnier 163
Early Man By W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.S.A. 167
Romano-British Somerset By F. J. Haverfield, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. 207
Anglo-Saxon Remains By Reginald A. Smith, B.A., F.S.A. 373
Introduction to the Somerset Domesday By J. Horace Round, M.A., LL.D. 383
Text of the Somerset Domesday By the Rev. E. H. Bates, M.A. 434
Geld Inquest " " 527

CORRIGENDUM.

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