The Survey of Western Palestine was carried out under the auspices
of the Palestine Exploration Fund between 1871 and 1877, and its
results were published in a series of books between 1882 and 1888.
This volume was written by H. B. Tristram (1822 1906), the
naturalist, geologist and Anglican priest, whose The Land of Israel
is also reissued in this series. Although he declined a bishopric
in Jerusalem, he made four separate trips to Palestine in order to
compile this catalogue of its flora and fauna. Including all native
vertebrates, molluscs and plants known at the time, the work was
first published in 1884 and laid the foundation for zoological
study in Palestine. The catalogue offers a fascinating insight into
the theories of late Victorian taxonomy as well the species it
classifies here. Also included are detailed drawings and a
scholarly preface summarising and tabulating Tristram's research.
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