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PREFACE 



The present volume maintains its character as a publi- 

 cation for general Zoology ; it ranges from Rotifera to Homo. 

 The latter subject is found and illustrated as regards the Land- 

 Dayaks of Borneo in Mr. Moulton's paper on zoological notes 

 made in that island. This communication is very apposite to 

 the pages of the ' Zoologist ' ; it teems with references to the 

 zoological investigations made there by that great and well- 

 remembered naturalist, Alfred Eussel Wallace, who published 

 his first notes on Borneo in these pages (' Zoologist,' 1855, 

 p. 4803, and 1856, p. 5113). Another paper dealing with a 

 fresh subject is that of Mr. Hugh Scott on " The Fauna of 

 Beservoir-Plants " from observations made in the Seychelles 

 Islands and Trinidad. 



British Zoology, and especially British Ornithology, has 

 again been the principal theme of the volume, as is the tradition 

 of the ' Zoologist ' from its commencement. 



Among the great naturalists whose deaths this year we have 

 had to deplore are found the names of Dr. Albert Giinther, Sir 

 John Murray, and Major Barrett-Hamilton ; while one of our 

 oldest contributors, George Bentley Corbin, an excellent Hamp- 

 shire correspondent, has also passed away. 



VALEDICTORY ADDRESS. 



By the Editor. 



In retiring from the Editorship of the ' Zoologist,' a position 

 it has been my privilege and pleasure to hold for the last eighteen 

 years — a milestone in a life — a few farewell words become 

 necessary. I have learned very much during that time ; I have 



