ALPHABETICAL LIST 
OF THE 
ABBREVIATION'S 
USED IN THE 
ZOOLOGICAL RECORD 
FOR THE 
TITLES OF THE JOURNALS, TRANSACTIONS, ETC., 
THAT CONTAIN ZOOLOGICAL PAPERS ; 
WITH INDICATIONS OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL 
LIBRARIES 
IN WHICH THE BOOKS ARE CURRENT. 
The primary object of this list is to enable those using the Record to 
find with ease the full title of a Journal they see quoted in an abbreviated 
form. The arrangement is therefore a simple alphabetical list of the 
abbreviations, uncomplicated by syllabic or verbal limitations. 
The list has also to serve the Recorders and others as a list of Journals, 
and for this purpose it is important that it should be fairly complete as 
regards current periodicals. In order to iucrease the utility of the list, 
the abbreviations have been made on a uniform system ; but a few 
exceptions have, in practice, been found necessary. The chief points 
that have been kept in view in constructing the abbreviations may be 
briefly stated as follows : — 
The words selected as distinctive in each title are reduced in most 
cases to three or four. 
A distinct abbreviation is used for each different word, and the 
same abbreviation for the same word is used throughout the list. 
Accents are omitted. As a rule the first word of the title is repre- 
sented by an abbreviation, but this rule is departed from in the case of 
articles and prepositions, and occasionally in the case of adjectives that 
are useless for distinctive purposes. Thus “ Annual Report ” becomes 
“ Rep.”, and “ Occasional Papers ” becomes “ Pap.” Such adjectives as 
“ New ” and “ Royal ” are omitted, except when necessary for distinctive 
or other purposes. 
