Synopsis

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Remarkable Contrasts in distribution of Animals--Britain and Japan--Australia and New Zealand--Bali and Lombok--Florida and Bahama Islands--Brazil and Africa--Borneo, Madagascar, and Celebes--Problems in distribution to be found in every country--Can be solved only by the combination of many distinct lines of inquiry, biological and physical--Islands offer the best subjects for the study of distribution--Outline of the subjects to be discussed in the present