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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



The Record of Zoological Literature, 1867. Volume Fourth. Edited 

 by Albert C. L. GtiNTnEE, M.A. &c. tfec. Van Voorst, 1868. 



We must, with our opening words in noticing this pubKcation, con- 

 gratulate the publisher and editor upon the wise step which they 

 have taken in giving naturalists the opportunity of purchasing either 

 the whole volume or only that portion of the ' llecord ' which relates 

 to the special section of zoology in which they may be chiefly in- 

 terested. 



Zoologists, as a rule, are not overburdened with cash ; and it 

 has doubtless been the feeling with many that, however much 

 they recognized the value of the ' Zoological Eecord ' and desired to 

 have that portion which related to the classes they were studying, 

 they could not afford to devote thirty shillings, out of their annual 

 sum set apart for books, for the purchase of the volume ; but now 

 such persons have it in their power to obtain what they require for 

 one-third of that sum. This is an immense gain to naturalists, and 

 we trust that there will be few libraries now from which these valu- 

 able analyses will be absent. The slip in this year's volume which 

 gives us this information we print here for the information of our 

 readers : — 



"To facilitate the acquisition of these Ileports, which are almost 

 indispensable to working zoologists, it has been arranged to issue, in 

 future, each volume in three parts, viz. : 



" Part I., containing the Reports on Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, 

 and Fishes. By Dr. Giinther and Prof. Newton. Price 10s. 



"Part II., containing the Reports on Entomology. By "VV. S. 

 Dallas, F.L.S. Price 14s. 



" Part III., containing the Reports on MoUusca, Crustacea, and 

 the Lower Animals. By Dr. Von Martens and Prof. E. P. 

 Wright. Price 10s. 



" Purchasers of the entii'e volume will receive it in the same form 

 and at the same price (30s.) as before." 



In our notice of the volume of last year we expressed a hope that 

 at the ensuing meeting of the British Association steps Avould be 

 taken to renew a grant made the previous year in aid of the large 

 expenses incurred in the publication of the Record. It must, we 

 think, have proved most gratifying to Dr. Giinther and his coeditors 

 to witness the manner in which this question was taken up at Nor- 

 wich. It was not that a grant was made, which was in itself a 

 trifling circumstance ; but the way in which the members of Sec- 

 tion D vied with each other in their terms of eulogium on the value 

 of the editor's labours, the manner in which all other committees 

 applying for grants conceded the fii'st place to the ' Record,' and 

 desired that in the communication to the Committee of Recommen- 

 dations it should be distinctly stated that it was the unanimous do- 

 sire of Section D that the grant to the ' Record ' should be the first 

 entertained, and the special vote of thanks to the editors for the 

 services which they were rendering to all students of zoology were 



