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their thanks to the Editor, Mr. Beddard, and to the various 

 contributors to the volume for their assiduity, and to 

 point out to the Society that the ' Zoological Record ' 

 continues to appear far in advance of any other publication 

 of a similar character. At the same time it is very 

 desirable that the volume should, if possible, be pubHshed 

 at a still earlier date; and as regards its future issue steps 

 have been taken which, it is hoped, will effect this object. 



3. Library. 



The Library has been kept in good working order 

 during the past year, and has been much used by working 

 zoologists. 



The Librarian, Mr. Waterhouse, has compiled during 

 his leisure moments, and published, under the title of 

 ' Index Generum Avium,' a very useful list of the genera 

 of birds established since the days of Linneeus. In 

 acknowledgment of the value of this laborious piece of 

 scientific work, the Council thought it right to vote the 

 sum of £25 in aid of its pubHcation, which amount has 

 been charged to extraordinary expenditure. 



Many important additions were made to the Society's 

 Library in 1889, among which attention may be called to 

 the following donations : — 



Atkinson. Notes on Indian Rhynchota. Heteroptera, No. 5. 



1888. Presented by the Author. 



Boulenger. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and 

 Crocodiles in the British Museum. New edition. 1889. Pre- 

 sented by the Trustees of the British Museum. 



Browne. The Vertebrate Animals of Leicestershire and Rutland. 



1889. Presented by the Author. 



Burmeister. Los Caballos fosiles de la Pampa Argentina. Siipple- 



mento. 1889. Presented by the Author. 

 Butler. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Hetero- 



cera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part vii. 1889. 



Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. 

 Cotes and Swinhoe. A Catalogue of the Moths of India. Parts iv. 



-vii. 1888-89. Presented by the Trustees of the Indian Museum. 

 Day. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. — 



Fishes. 2 vols. 1889. Presented by the Author. 

 Foord. Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum. 



Part i. Nautiloidea. 1888. Presented by the Trustees of the 



British Museum. 

 Giglioli. Primo Resoconto dei risultati della Inchiesta Omitologica 



in Italia. Parte prima. Avifauna Italica. 1889. Presented by 



the Author. 



