No. 882                                    Geneva, 19 October 1995


CONCERNING:


                      IDENTIFICATION MANUAL

                   Transmission of Data Sheets


1.The  Secretariat is sending to the Parties under separate  cover
  the  following material for insertion in the yellow  binders  of
  the English Identification Manual:

     a)   first set of data sheets

            +    Codes A-213.002.001.001 (Pandion haliaetus) and A-
       213.004.001.001  (Sagittarius serpentinus) are  replacement
       sheets  (the information on the reverse of the sheets  sent
       previously was inadvertently interchanged)
            +         Codes A-211.004.006.003 to A-214.003.001.001
       to be inserted in Volume 2
       +   Codes  A-219.001.005.003a to  A-219.001.005.012  to  be
     inserted in Volume 2a

     b)   second set of data sheets

             +     Codes A-303.008.000.001 to A-303.008.063.038 to
       be inserted in Volume 3
                   (Please  note  that  the  title  of  sheet   A-
       303.008.000.002 should be Synonyms and not Synonyma)
             +     Code A-829.003.001.001 to be inserted in Volume
       3a

     c)   third set of data sheets (colour sheets)

             +     Code A-303.008.000.007 (8 pages) to be inserted
       in Volume 3

     d)   new binder for Volume 3a

       Therefore Volume 3 is to be split into two binders.  Volume
     3  should  contain  only Reptilia, i.e. codes  starting  with
     A-300,  while  Volume  3a  should  contain  the  other   taxa
     previously  in Volume 3, i.e. codes starting with  A-400  and
     higher numbers

     e)   title sheets

            +    for Volume 3: "Reptilia"
            +    for Volume 3a: "Amphibia/Pisces/Invertebrata".

2.The  Secretariat is also sending under separate cover an  update
  of  the complete index of all the volumes concerning Fauna,  and
  alphabetical  lists  of information sheets and  species.  Please
  check  your  volumes to see if you have received all  the  pages
  listed on this index.

3.Parties  that  have  more than one copy (up  to  seven)  of  the
  Identification   Manual  will  receive  the  updates   for   the
  additional  free  sets.  Parties that  have  purchased  sets  in
  addition  to  these  will receive an invoice with  this  mailing
  asking  them to pay for the updates, at the cost of  CHF  200.00
  per  set  [covering  the new binder (Volume  3a)  and  200  data
  sheets]  postage  and packaging included. Upon  receipt  of  the
  payment, the Secretariat will send the updates and the index.

4.Finally,  the  Secretariat wishes to thank  the  Governments  of
  France,  Germany,  Spain  and Switzerland  for  their  financial
  contributions  for  the production of the Identification  Manual
  and for its translation into various languages.