IV. PREFACE. 
3. Catalogue of the Land Shells of New Zealand. By 
J. C. Cox, M.D., F.L.S. (of Sydney.) Wellington 
1873. 
The information contained in these works, together with much 
that is new, is now presented in a convenient form for reference, 
and it is hoped that the present Manual will be of service to teachers 
of Natural History as a text book in a department of New Zealand 
Zoology that is particularly adapted for training students in the art 
of collecting and classifying natural objects. 
JAMES HECTOR, 
Director. 
Colonial Museum, 
Wellington, February ist, 1880. 
