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(Natural History). Between July 1898 and June 1899 he has seen and 
indexed 1,528 volumes and tracts, and has now reduced the list of deside- 
rata to about 500 items. Of these scarcely 100 are likely to be of any 
importance to the systematic zoologist ; but every effort will be made to 
consult them, so as to be certain that everything has been recorded. 
The Committee desires to express its grateful thanks for the loan of 
rare and valuable books, and for information concerning them, to the 
following :—The Hof-naturalien Kabinet of Vienna, Dr. Eduard Suess, 
and Dr. Steindachner ; Dr. F. A. Jentink, of Leyden; Akademiker F. 
Schmidt, of St. Petersburg ; the Stadt-Bibliothek of Zurich, Dr. Eschner, 
and Professor Renevier ; the Hon. Walter Rothschild and Mr. Hartert ; 
Sir Edmund Loder ; Mr. Du Cane Godman and the late Mr, O. Salvin ; 
Lord Walsingham and Mr. J. H. Durrant ; Professor Amalitzky, of 
Warsaw ; Professor Anton Fritsch and Dr. Jan Perner, of Prague ; Pro- 
fessor Alfred Newton ; Mr. W. E. de Winton ; Mr. Gerrit 8. Miller, of 
Washington ; Mr, A. C. Seward, of Cambridge ; and Professor H. A. 
Miers, of Oxford. Dr. Philippe Dautzenberg, of Paris, has also greatly 
aided the compiler in his efforts to obtain the loan of a rare catalogue. 
The editors of ‘Nature’ and ‘ La Feuille des jeunes Naturalistes’ have 
lent valuable aid in publishing lists of desiderata. Of the generosity of 
the Vienna Kabinet, the Ziirich Library, and Dr. Jentink, all of whom 
have sent over their treasures for inspection, the Committee cannot speak 
too highly. 
Again the special and hearty thanks of the Committee are due to the 
Zoological Society of London for pecuniary assistance, which will, as in 
the past, greatly facilitate the work of procuring access to this rare 
literature. 
The reference slips themselves are now in alphabetical order, and the 
work of checking previous reference books and of eliminating duplicate 
entries will be proceeded with as quickly as possible. 
The following reports on dates of publication of various hooks have 
been published by Mr. Sherborn during the year :— 
De Blainville, Ostéographie, ‘ Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist.’ (7) ii., 1898. 
Hiibner, Samml. europaischer Schmetterlingen, ‘Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist.’ 
(7) i, 1898. 
C. d’Orbigny, Dictionnaire Universel, ‘Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist.’ (7) iii., 
April 1899. 
Humboldt and Bonpland, Obs, de Zoologie, ‘Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist.’ (7) lii., 
1899. 
Lichtenstein, Catalogus rerum naturalium, ‘Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist.’ (7) iii., 
1899. 
The dates of the Paléontologie Frangaise, * Geol. Mag.,’ 1899, pp. 223-225. 
Temminck and Laugier, Planches coloriées, ‘ Ibis,’ Oct. 1898. 
Tt may also be mentioned that Mr. Sherborn has prepared an ‘ Index 
to the generic and trivial names of animals described by Linneus in the 
10th and 12th editions of the Systema Nature,’ and the thanks of 
zoologists are due to the Manchester Museum, Owens College, for issuing 
this through Messrs. Dulau & Co., London, as its ‘ Publication 25.’ 
In the full belief that the first section of the Index (1758-1800) will 
soon be ready for publication as a tangible result of the compiler’s labours, 
the Committee earnestly recommends its reappointment, with a grant of 
£100. 
