ON ‘ZOOLOGICAL RECORD.’ 311 
popular. The Report of the British Association Committee was almost immediately 
followed by an enlargement of the Proceedings of the Royal Society to royal octavo. 
Since then, the number of journals that have adopted that size, or one closely approach- 
ing it, has greatly increased, and one rarely sees a new periodical of importance select- 
ing any smaller format. Your Committee considers that it would be hopeless, even 
were it advisable, to struggle against this current. The recommendation it desires to 
make is therefore that these two main sizes—demy octavo as above, and royal octavo 
(approximately 10} x 7 in.)— should be recognised as appropriate to scientific 
publications (excluding those in quarto or in folio), and that every endeavour should 
be made to conform to one or other of those formats, and to eschew fancy sizes. 
Probably most local societies and old-established journals will be well advised to 
continue with their demy octavo as recommended by the Conference of Delegates. 
But journals established for the newer branches of science should, as the great 
majority of them do, adhere to royal octavo. 
Other subjects of animated discussion by correspondence have been the irritating 
repagination of reprints, the confused or cumbrous method of making references, and the 
omission to indicate the subject of one’s paper in its title, except by a Latin name that 
is often incorrect and, if correct, is familiar only to the specialist. But on these matters 
your Committee contents itself for the present with referring to its previous reports. 
Your Committee has learned with pleasure of the progress being made in the com- 
pilation of a World List of Scientific Periodicals, with an indication of the principal 
libraries in Great Britain and Ireland where they are filed. Professor A. W. Pollard, 
Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, the honorary editor, has completed a card 
list of over 20,000 scientific periodicals in existence now or since 1900; the first 128 pages 
of an editorial edition have been printed, and are in circulation to the centres which 
have undertaken to mark the lists with the names of libraries. The complete work, 
which may be subscribed for at 27. 2s., may be expected early in 1925. This scheme, 
initiated by the Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies, has been transferred to *‘ The 
World List,’ an incorporated Society with registered offices at the Zoological Society, 
Regent’s Park, London, N.W. 8. The Council of Management consists of Dr. 
Chalmers Mitchell; chairman, Sir Arthur Schuster, and Mr. Robert Mond, with Miss 
Joan B. Procter as Secretary. The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust has given a 
guarantee towards the cost. 
Your Committee recommends its reappointment, with the addition of Dr. W. T. 
Calman. and with a grant of ll. to meet incidental expenses, and requests that this 
teport be published. 
‘Zoological Record.’ — Report of Committee (Sir 8. F. Harmer, 
Chairman ; Dr. W. T. Cauman, Secretary; Prof. A. Denpy, Prof. 
E. 8. Goopricu, Prof. D. M.S. Watson) appointed to co-operate with 
other Sections interested, and with the Zoological Society, for the 
purpose of obtaining support for the * Zoological Record.’ 
Your Committee has appointed Professor D. M. 8. Watson, F.R.S., to be its represen- 
tative on the Zoological Record Association, which has been established with the 
object of organising additional support for the ‘ Zoological Record.’ 
The grant of 50/. was paid over to the Zoological Society in January last, as a 
Bee auution towards the cost of preparing and publishing Volume LIX. of the Record 
(for 1922). 
It should be pointed out that the donations towards the cost of the Record are being 
received on the understanding that, if the net loss to the Zoological Society on the 
volume should be less than 500/., the balance will be carried forward to the following 
volume. As Volume LIX, is not yet published at the time of writing this report, it is 
not known whether there will be any balance or not. If there is, it is unlikely to be of 
any size, and it cannot yet be assumed that the need for assistance will be any less urgent 
in the case of Volume LX. which is now in course of preparation. On these grounds 
your Committee hope very much that the Council of the British Association will agree 
to renew the grant of 50/. for another year. 
In future years it is hoped that, with increasing sales, the loss on the annual volumes 
of the Record may diminish to an amount which the Zoological Society may be willing 
to meet unaided. With this end in view, your Committee would especially appeal to 
the members of the Sectional Committee of Section D to help inincreasing the circula- 
tion of the Record. The sale of the separate parts, especially, could, it is believed, be 
