PEEFACE. 



Ix issuing the second volume of the Geological ReCoJid it will 

 be well to notice the points in which it differs frOm the first. 

 These are : — the use of a more distinct type for special purposes 

 (thicker type for names of authors, and italics foi* journals), so 

 as to make reference more easy ; the introduction of the head- 

 ing '' Oceania ^* for various islands that do not gtoup well under 

 other headings ; and the addition of an " Index of New Species/' 

 which cannot fail to augment the value of the palseontological 

 part of the work. 



The increase in the number of papers, &c. noticed, as com- 

 pared with the volume for 1874, and the addition of a Supple- 

 ment for that year (making in all 2350 entries against 2130), 

 have made this volume much larger. It is to be hoped that 

 the greater expense thus caused will be met by an equivalent 

 increase in the number of Subscribers, especially as the 

 subscription has been kept at the original low sum; and I 

 would beg all geologists to aid us in firmly establishing this 

 useful work. 



The grant from the British Association has not only re- 

 moved some anxiety as to finances, but has also enabled me to 

 secure the services of Mr. T. W. Newton, Assistant-Librarian 



