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. 



ALBEKT GUNTHER. 



British Museum, 

 Nov. 26, 1880. 



