PREFACE.
I may truly say that the pleasure of addressing my subscribers, and giving as it were an account of the stewardship with which they have entrusted me, increases with each return of the season when this becomes a necessary task.
I have every reason to be satisfied with the progress the 'Zoologist' has made in every way. The circulation has continued to increase throughout the year, and the average monthly sale of 1846 has exceeded, by more than one hundred, the average monthly sale of 1845, and not only does the average number increase, but the ratio of increase is greater than at any previous time.
It is with great interest that I watch the success attending the ‘Zoologist’ in our large towns: in Manchester the sale has increased fourfold, in Bristol it has been doubled, and in Liverpool and Birmingham it has advanced, although not so rapidly: Manchester has long been famous for taking an honourable lead in support of every branch of the arts and sciences, and it is gratifying to observe her support of the 'Zoologist,' affording an additional proof of this highly meritorious spirit.
The sister publication, the 'Phytologist,' has long occupied the same ground in the Vegetable, as the 'Zoologist' in the Animal
