31 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Andaman and Laccadive Seas, where the dredge was freely used, 

 and its captures have provided notable illustrations for the 

 volume. We are given much interesting information as to the 

 animal life on the Adaman and Coco Islands, while the book has 

 focussed so much information on the oceanic fauna, that we do 

 do not know where else to find such a readable introduction to 

 the whole subject. We have long expected to hear of the Shark 

 interfering with peaceful dredging operations, and we read that 

 near False Point, " our seine, which we used sometimes to lay 

 out as a drift-net, was, with its sinkers, weighing over 450 lbs., 

 carried bodily away by an enormous Shark, round whose remains 

 it was found some days afterwards, tied in a hundred knots, past 

 all surgery." On the beach of South Sentinel Islet, Dr. Alcock 

 was fortunate enough to witness the emergence of a brood of 

 newly-hatched Turtles, " a swarm of little objects, looking like 

 beetles, which all with one consent made for the sea." 



The illustrations are ample, and are examples of a very 

 successful method compared with the whilom wood-block. 



Catalogue of the Library of the Zoological Society of London. 

 (Fifth Edition.) Published by the Society. 



This publication is really a contribution to a knowledge of 

 zoological bibliography. It contains the titles of about 11,000 

 different works now in the Society's Library, exclusive of periodi- 

 cals, which are scheduled in nn appendix. The Library, it is 

 stated, now contains about 25,000 volumes. The catalogue has 

 been prepared by the Society's librarian, Mr. F. H. Waterhouse, 

 with his usual care and accuracy, and he has made the catalogue 

 of a library a welcome guest for the book-shelves of any zoologist. 

 The points on which it may generally be consulted are : (1) date 

 and localities of publication ; (2) complete titles and full names 

 of authors ; (3) many good cross references ; (4) useful annota- 

 tions, or references to other writers and publications, as to dates 

 of issue when separate parts have been published of works cata- 

 logued ; (5) references to the original channel of publication of 

 works afterwards issued and distributed in separate form, &c. 



