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time in this journal, and may be found by consulting the an- 

 nual indices. 



In our notice of 1905 (/. c., p. 322) we quoted an an- 

 nouncement from the paper covers of the original parts in 

 which the Biologia was published: "The Editors will give at 

 the conclusion of the Work an Introductory Volume, wherein 

 the physical features of the country will be described and 

 illustrated with maps." We continued: "Mr. Champion in- 

 forms us, however, that this has become doubtful, owing to 

 the death of Mr. Salvin." Fortunately the doubt has cleared 

 away and the volume before us is a realization of the Editors' 

 hopes. 



The contents of this Introductory Volume are as follows : 

 A preface (pp. vii-viii), and the Introduction proper (1-86) 

 by Dr. Godman. Resumes on the Origin, etc., of the Fauna 

 and Flora of Central America by R. I. Pocock for the Mam- 

 malia, Arachnida Opiliones and Acari excepted , Chilo- 

 poda, Diplopoda and Prototracheata (87-104, 118-144), by 

 C. Tate Regan for the Reptilia, Batrachia and Pisces (105- 

 117) and by W. B. Hemsley for the Plants (145-149). 



The first twelve pages of the Introduction are largely auto- 

 biographical and recount the early life of both editors, their 

 meeting as students at Cambridge, their visits to Central 

 America and to Mexico, the inception of the Biologia and 

 some details of the manner in which the materials on which 

 it is based were brought together and worked out. Salvin and 

 Godman were very close contemporaries, the former born in 

 1835, the latter in January, 1834. Salvin visited Guatemala, 

 British Honduras and Panama in 1857-58, 1859-60, 1861-63 and 

 1873-4. Godman accompanied Salvin on the trip of 1861 and 

 went through Mexico from El Paso to Yucatan in 1887-1888. 

 By their own exertions and those of collectors whom they em- 

 ployed, the two associates brought together in London "a very 

 large amount of material especially among the birds and in- 

 sects" from both Central and South America. Yet Dr. God- 

 man tells us: "It was not until the year 1876 that it was sug- 

 gested that the Biologia should be undertaken, and three years 

 later (September, 1879) the first part appeared." 



