Abstract
THIS substantial work is a record of observations of the habits of Danish spiders, and appears in a somewhat unusual form. The full accounts are contained in the second volume, written in Danish and fully illustrated; the first volume is a slightly condensed translation, almost without illustrations save for a collection of plates at the end. Thus the first volume forms an English guide to the second. The Danish preface is dated May 1, 1928, and the English preface September 1, 1931, so that the first volume includes some recent observations not contained in the second. On the other hand, the very complete Danish account of the structure of spiders is omitted from the English volume.
The Biology of Spiders: with Especial Reference to the Danish Fauna.
By E. Nielsen. Vol. 1. Pp. 248 + 32 plates. Vol. 2. Pp. 724 + 5 plates. (Copenhagen: Levin and Munksgaard; London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1932.) 30s.
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S., T. The Biology of Spiders: with Especial Reference to the Danish Fauna . Nature 131, 149–150 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131149a0
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