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a copy of this journal the masthead reads 
"Transactions of ... Consequently, 
"Kaiho” has been used consistently as "trans¬ 
actions,” but in some cases it probably should 
mean "journal.” "Dobutsu” means animals, 
and "Dobutsugaku” means zoology, but 
"Dobutsu” as part of a journal’s title may 
signify zoology. Some English translations 
of the names of Japanese journals are, how¬ 
ever, given in an appendix to the original 
book (p. 183 ff.). Difficulty of course 
exists also in translating titles of papers*, but 
for these we have been less concerned in ob¬ 
taining exact wording, for we felt that a 
more or less precise indication of content 
would be sufficient to make the translation 
markedly useful to others. 
Owing to this uncertainty in some trans¬ 
lations, we have deemed it advisable to in¬ 
clude the Japanese, and in some instances 
Chinese, characters where they were given in 
the original. Titles of journals, books, and 
reports are given in the original characters 
and in the Hepburn system of Romanization, 
as well as in explanatory English translation 
if no accepted translation could be found. 
All translations and explanations added by 
the present author are enclosed in brackets. 
Brackets in the original have been reduced 
to parentheses. Volume numbers in the 
original have been replaced by italics below. 
All citations have been left in their orig¬ 
inal form if this form was understandable; 
that is, we have not attempted to make uni¬ 
form the manner in which papers are cited. 
The original publication contains many typo¬ 
graphical errors, misspelled words, and in¬ 
correct and omitted diacritical marks. When¬ 
ever it could be determined without question 
that an inaccuracy was present, correction 
was made. However, inability to check the 
citation of many titles and their pagination 
has made it impossible to remedy all such 
errors. 
The use of common names in titles has 
proved very bothersome. It took, for ex- 
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ample, considerable effort to make certain 
that the two characters meaning "grave” and 
"builder” referred to megapode birds only, 
and not to various burrowing birds. In some 
few places we have been forced to use the 
descriptive common name implied by the 
Japanese characters, in lieu of a positive 
scientific name. 
I wish to acknowledge gratefully the 
wholehearted assistance and co-operation of 
Mr. K. Sakimura of the Pineapple Research 
Institute in Honolulu and of Miss M. Fukuda 
and Dr. Y. Uyehara of the University of 
Hawaii, all of whom worked on the trans¬ 
lations from the Japanese. Final decision 
on the scientific terminology, however, re¬ 
mains the responsibility of the present writer. 
Since other members of the faculty of the 
University of Hawaii are now preparing 
translations of sections of the bibliography 
that deal with their specialized fields, it was 
felt that this first redaction should include 
Utinomi’s Preface and Explanatory Notes to 
the original book. These are hereinafter 
given in their entirety in a translation by Dr. 
Uyehara. 
PREFACE 
The compilation of this bibliography, as 
I have previously stated in the first volume 
of the 1938-39 issue of Kagaku Nanyo 
[South Sea Science ), is an attempt to collect* 
every possible paper, both native and for¬ 
eign, on the Japanese-owned South Sea 
islands. Thus, I may offer materials neces¬ 
sary for the survey of resources and for 
scientific research on the South Sea islands 
which constitute the only southern territory 
of our country, and at the same time may 
furnish information to those who wish to 
engage in the study of the science of the 
South Seas at the Palao Tropical Biological 
Station. 
Five years have elapsed since my an¬ 
nouncement of this compilation, but the pub¬ 
lication was unavoidably delayed because the 
