PREFACE 



THIS volume is the first of four by Dr. William 

 Beebe dealing with the life in the waters about 

 Nonsuch, Bermuda. These studies are carried on 

 by him as Director of the Department of Tropical 

 Research of the New York Zoological Society, and 

 financed by the generosity of Mr. Harrison Wil- 

 liams and the late Mortimer L. Schiff. Volumes in 

 course of preparation are ; — 



Mid-Ocean: 



An account of the life of the deep sea and the 

 author's descents in the Bathysphere. 



Hand-Book and Key to Bermuda Fishes: 

 A popular outline of the fish of this region. 



Life Histories of Bermuda Shore Fish: 

 Life Histories of Bermuda Deep-Sea Fish: 

 Elaborate monographic studies by Dr. Beebe 

 and his staff, corresponding in scope to his 

 Pheasant Monograph. 



Madison Grant 



President, 



New York Zoological Society 



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