IV 
A few minor changes have been introduced in the present issue : — 
(1) Two sections, Arthropoda (General) and Vertebrata (General), 
have been abolished and such papers as are of a general 
nature transferred to Comprehensive Zoology or that section 
to which they appear to be most suitable. 
(2) The subject numbers have been ommitted as of little practical 
use. 
(3) The numbering of the titles under authors has been placed at 
the commencement of each entry. 
(4) The pagination of each paper is indicated by “ pp.” instead of 
brackets. 
(5) The abbreviations of the titles of the journals usually quoted 
have been rearranged in strict alphabetical order with the 
place of publication following the title. 
(6) The tables of contents of the subject index have been curtailed 
in order to reduce the expense of printing. 
On the completion of the fifty-seventh volume, Dr. Sharp, who had 
been the responsible editor of the Record for over thirty years, resigned, 
and his place was taken by Mr. W. L. Solater. A few months later 
Dr. Sharp died and the Zoological Record Committee and the Council 
of the Zoological Society desire to put on record their appreciation of 
the great services rendered to the Record by the late Editor. A short 
notice of Dr. Sharp and a portrait will be found following this. 
P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, Secretary. 
Zoological Society, London. 
