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 "THE ZOOLOGIST." 



As will be seen from the title of this issue, the well- 

 known and old-established natural history monthly, The 

 Zoologist, having been acquired by the Proprietors of 

 British Birds, is now incorporated with this magazine. 

 While we welcome this union as an accession to our 

 journal, we can but deplore the cessation as a separate 

 publication of our aforetime contemporary, which has 

 had so long and honourable a career of usefulness. The 

 Zoologist was established in 1843 by Edward Newman, 

 who edited it until his death in 1876. From 1877 to 

 1896 the journal was conducted by Mr. J. E. Harting, 

 and this was no doubt its most fiourishmg period so far 

 as ornithology is concerned. From 1897 to 1914 Mr. W. L. 

 Distant was editor, and in 1915 he was succeeded by 

 Mr. Frank Finn. 



So far as the future of our magazine is concerned, we 

 do not propose to make any serious change in its scope 

 or policy. It will still be devoted entirely to Birds, and 

 it is with regret that we must exclude from its pages all 

 other branches of Natural History which found a place in 

 The Zoologist. We propose, however, while still specializ- 

 ing in the birds of the British list, slightly to enlarge our 

 scope by admitting a limited number of articles and notes 

 on the avifauna of other parts of the western portion 

 of the Palaearctic Region or, in other words, of Europe 

 and north-west Africa. We feel that without neglecting 

 anything which adds to the store of knowledge of our 

 own birds, we may with advantage and added interest 

 go sometimes beyond our shores for observation, study 

 and comparison of the birds to be found there. 



The Editors. 



