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272 occasionally accomplished, but that dolphins were thus regularly sent to market.

We will not further anticipate Mr. Lee, however, by quoting from his interesting pamphlet, but will recommend our readers to peruse it in its entirety. The account which he gives of the mode of capture, transit and manner of feeding the White Whales which have been brought to this country,, will prove as entertaining as it will be new to many.

Rules originally prepared by Mr. Strickland were first printed in the Report of the British Association for 1842, when a certain number of separate copies were struck off and distributed. In 18C3 they were reprinted by Sir William Jardine, under the authority and at the expense of the Association, and they again appeared in the Report of the Association for 1865. But as the separate copies of these various editions have been exhausted, and as there was little chance of obtaining one without purchasing the entire volume of Reports in which they originally appeared, it has been thought desirable by the General Committee of the Association, in view of the great importance of the Rules to zoological science and their general usage by naturalists, to reprint and publish them at the cost of the Association, in such a form as to be, in future, easily accessible.

The superintendence of this new issue has been entrusted to Mr. Sclater, who has "thought it best to adhere closely to the original text of 1842, adding to it the Report of 1865, in which the proposed alterations are given, the text of 1865 never having been properly revised so as to make it accord with the proposed alterations."

We feel assured that the appearance of this new edition of the 'Rules for Zoological Nomenclature' will be welcomed by naturalists, and we cordially recommend it to the notice of our readers.