PREFACE TO THE NINTH EDITION. 



THE objects of this List have been fully explained in the 

 preface to the Eighth Edition. Its principal aim is to 

 facilitate the naming of the specimens in the Society's 

 collection and to render the nomenclature uniform. 



The present Edition has been prepared upon exactly the 

 same plan as the last. It contains references to all the 

 examples of Vertebrated Animals that have been registered 

 in the books as received during the past twelve years 

 (1883-95) arranged in systematic order. 



The names of species recorded in the previous Lists, of 

 which no examples have been received during the last 

 twelve years, are likewise inserted in this List in their 

 proper places, with references to the pages where they will 

 be found mentioned in the Eighth Edition. The result is a 

 nearly complete catalogue of all the species of Vertebrates 

 of which specimens have been exhibited in the Society's 

 Menagerie during the past thirty-four years. 



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