PREFACE. 



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The present volume is of a more general zoological character 

 than arjy of its immediate predecessors, and if some subjects 

 are less represented, that omission marks the varied studies of 

 its contributors rather than any editorial direction. That ' The 

 Zoologist ' is taking a wide view of animal life is a subject for 

 congratulation ; it is characteristic of its title, and is a fulfil- 

 ment of its function. The faunal descriptions and lists are an 

 important feature, and in this volume alone we can, among 

 other communications, refer to Dr. Clark's " Notes on Cornish 

 Crustacea," Mr. Patterson's "Rough Notes on the Fish and 

 Fisheries of East Suffolk," Mr. Cummings's " Notes on the 

 Fauna of Lundy Island," Mr. Arnold's investigations on the 

 Eastbourne Crumbles, and Mr. Harcourt-Bath's memoir " On 

 the Vertical and Bathymetrical Distribution of the British non- 

 Marine Mollusca, with Special Reference to the Cotteswold 

 Fauna." This work is of the greatest importance in British 

 Zoology, and can be, and we trust will be, largely increased 

 in the future. 



In Ornithology, during what may be called the " Crossbill 

 year," our " Notes and Queries " contain many valuable records ; 

 in annual reports are continued those of Mr. Gurney on Norfolk 

 and Mr. Aplin on Oxford ; while Messrs. Thorpe and Hope 

 have commenced their digest of the Natural History Record 

 Bureau at Carlisle. In the bionomical pursuit of bird-watching, 

 so pregnant with fresh facts in animal psychology, Mr. Selous 



