ALPHABETICAL LIST 
OF THE 
ABBREVIATION S 
USED IN THE 
ZOOLOGICAL RECORD, Yol. XXXI V, 1897, 
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 increase the utility of the list, 
the abbreviations have been made on a uniform system ; but a few excep- 
tions have, in practice, been found necessary. The chief points that have 
been kept in view in constructing the abbreviations may bo 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 represented 
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. 
The consecutive order of the words of the title is maintained in the 
abbreviation, except in a few cases where the arrangement of the words in 
the title is very unusual or faulty. 
