4 “would Sais a great favor, if ‘hey would send to the Council, for 
are incomplete, any duplicate or other spare copies which they may possess 
z addressed : The Secretary sees the N. S. Institnte of Science, Halifax, Nova 
| Scotia, 
_ THE attention of members of the Institute is directed to the following 
‘recommendations of the British Association Committee on Zoological 
Bibliography and Publications :— 
“That authors’ separate copies should not be distributed privately 
before the paper has been published in the regular manner. 
“That it is desirable to express the subject of one’s paper in its title, 
“while keeping the title as concise as possible. 
possible. 
‘That new names should not be proposed in irrelevant footnotes, or 
anonymous paragraphs. s 
“That references to previous publications should be malades fully aud 
correctly, if possible in accordance with one of the recognized sets of rules 
of quotation, such as that recently adopted by the French Zoological 
Society.” 
PeGibation to Scientific Institutions whose sets_ of the Institute's publications | 
~ of back numbers of ‘its Proceedings and Transactions. They should be 
“That new species should be properly diagnosed and figured when 
