The Zoological Record

Abstract

THE editor of this invaluable record is to be congratulated on its early issue, the present volume having been in the hands of the public during the first week in December. The amount of energy on his part necessary, in order to secure punctuality in the delivery of their quota of manuscript from twelve contributors, can scarcely be realised except by those who have undergone a similar experience. This early appearance of the volume is, however, in part due to the circumstance that the contributors are now instructed not to await the arrival of the whole of the year's literature, but to be content with as much as is to hand at the date when their manuscript is required. That this decision is a wise one there can be no doubt, for it is much more important to issue the record at as early a date as practicable, than it is to insist on its containing the whole available literature of the year to which it is specially devoted.

The Zoological Record.

Vol. xxxvi. Being Records of Zoological Literature Relating Chiefly to the year 1899. Edited by D. Sharp. (London: Gurney and Jackson, 1900.) Printed for the Zoological Society.