Abstract
The present survey of the fauna of Rennell and Bellona Islands is based on personal acquaintance during three visits to Rennell, over 2 months’ duration in all, as well as on published records. These are first and foremost to be found in The natural history of Rennell Island, British Solomon Island , published by Danish Science Press on behalf of the University of Copenhagen and the British Museum (Natural History) London. Vol. 1 (1958) contains five introductory papers and seven papers on the vertebrate animals, vol. 2 (1959) and vol. 4 (1962) two additional papers on the vertebrates and 26 papers on invertebrates, and vol. 3 (1960) contains six papers on botany and geology. Another 18 papers, which will be published in 1968 in vol. 5, and are based on recent expeditions to Rennell (see below) have also been utilized in the present survey. Literature referring to early visits to Rennell and Bellona (before 1951) is listed by Wolff (1955 a). The most comprehensive of these papers are those on birds (Mayr 1931 a, b), reptiles (Slevin 1934), ants (Wheeler 1934), vascular plants (Fosberg 1940), and geology (Stanley 1929).
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