(TO FIRST EDITION.) 



The Library of the Zoological Department consists, 1st, of 

 works acquired from the small annual grants or by means 

 of exchange for the publications of the Department ; 2nd, 

 of books received as donations; and, 3rd, of the purely 

 zoological works which were purchased out of the extra- 

 ordinary grant made in the last financial year (1879-80). 

 All these works are enumerated in the present List. 



Separate copies of memoirs and papers published in 

 periodicals or other mixed publications have only been 

 admitted under distinct titles when they have been brought 

 into the book-market, many Academies and Societies pub- 

 lishing and selling their memoirs separately ; but the 

 separate copies of papers, of which a small number has 

 been printed for the authors for private distribution, 

 are not included. 



The Zoological Library is especially poor in old works ; 

 it contains only 70 of a date earlier than the year 1801. 



As this List has been printed chiefly with the view of 

 serving as a temporary guide in making additions to the 

 Zoological Library, and of preventing the acquisition of 

 duplicates for the General Natural History Library, no 

 bibliographical completeness of the titles has been at- 

 tempted ; on the contrary, the titles have been as much 

 abridged as seemed to be consistent with the recognition of 

 the works catalogued. 



ALBERT GUNTHER. 



British Museum, 

 Nov. 26, 1880. 



(TO SECOND EDITION.) 



I^ the present second issue of the ' Catalogue of Books in 

 the Department of Zoology,' the works acquired between 

 November 26, 1880, and May 1, 1882, have been inserted. 

 It contains 2638 titles as against 1700 of the first issue, 

 beside 92 titles of works which belonged to the Zoological 

 Department and have been transferred to the General 

 Library : these are enumerated at the end of this 

 Catalogue. 



ALBERT GUNTHER. 



British Museum, 

 May 1882. 



