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PREFACE. 
rpiIE present volume of the Zoological Record closely resembles its 
predecessor. The only change of any importance is that in the 
Section Arachnida, all the titles referring to that group have been 
placed together in one list, as has always been done in the case of 
the Insecta. 
There have been one or two changes among the Recorders. The 
Brachiopoda and Bryozoa have been undertaken by Miss H. M. Muir 
Wood, M.Sc., in place of Mr. W. N. Edwards, and we are glad to be 
able to state that the Imperial Bureau of Entomology have consented 
to become responsible for the Insecta and that part for the present 
year has been compiled by the staff of the Bureau with the help of 
Messrs. N. D. Riley and W. II. T. Tams. Neither Miss Procter nor 
Mr. Hinton found themselves able to undertake the Reptiles and 
Mammalia respectively in the present volume, and the record for 
these groups have been compiled by the Editor, Mr. W. L. Sclater. 
After the publication of Yol. 58 (literature of 1921) the Zoological 
Society made it known that in view of the greatly increased cost 
of production, it would cease issuing the Record unless it received 
substantial help from institutions and persons directly interested in 
zoological bibliography. The Society, in addition to providing the 
office accommodation and clerical work associated with publication, is 
prepared for the present to make an annual contribution of £500 
towards the cost of the Record. Donations or promises, of which a 
list is appended, amounting to a total of £684 17*’. 0d., have been 
received in respect of Yol. 59, now issued. It is hoped that this sum, 
together with the Society’s contribution of £500 will leave a balance 
of receipts over expenditure which will be carried over towards the 
cost of Yol. 60. The Society, to prevent delay, has already sanctioned 
the compilation of Yol. 60 and of the next volume (61, literature of 
1924), but the question of publication must again be held over until 
support has been secured. So far, the only gifts or promises towards 
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