EDITORIAL NOTES. 



This Volume contains Parts LX., LXVIL, and LXXIII. of the Zoological 

 Series of Keports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition. 



Part LX. — This Part comprises the second portion of the Report on 

 the Crinoidea, by Dr. P. H. Carpenter, F.R.S., and deals with the Comatul^e. 

 The First Part of the Report, dealing with the Stalked Crinoids, forms 

 Part XXXII. of the Zoological Series of Reports, and was published in 1884 

 in Volume XI., Zoology. 



In the present Memoir Dr. Carpenter gives the results of his investi- 

 gations, which have extended over thirteen years, and the Report may be 

 regarded as practically a complete Monograph of the living species of 

 Comatulag. 



The Report consists of 401 pages of letterpress, 70 lithographic plates, 

 and other illustrations. 



Part LXVIII. — This Report on the Seals, by Professor Sir William 

 Turner, F.R.S., completes the Reports on Marine Mammals, the First Part 

 of which, on the Bones of the Cetacea, formed Part IV. of the Zoological 

 Series of Reports, and was published in Volume I., Zoology, in 1880. 



The present Part consists of a description of the skeletons of the Seals 

 collected by the Expedition ; of a revised classification of the Pinnipedia ; 

 of a description of the brains of the Elephant Seal and Walrus, and a com- 

 parison with the brains of the Carnivora generally and of Apes and Man ; 

 also some observations on the viscera of the Elephant Seal. It is accom- 



