IV PREFACE. 



subject ; the list of rare visitants has been substantially 

 augmented, and the truth again emphasized that in British 

 ornithology alone new facts and observations still await the 

 diligent field naturalist. 



Pisces. — There has been this year a most welcome interest 

 exhibited in relation to British fishes and rare piscine visitants. 

 The most interesting event has been the reappearance of a 

 species of Flying Fish in the estuary of the Thames, and the 

 consequent publication in these pages of a paper containing a 

 full resume of our knowledge on the subject. It is, however, 

 much to be desired that other yearly reports beyond that from 

 Yarmouth should appear in ' The Zoologist.' 



As regards some other and more neglected Orders, we have 

 reason to hope that promised attention will be devoted to 

 them in our nest volume. 



