selection bias of this nature (Bahcall & Casertano 1986; Ryan & Norris 1991a; Carney et al. 1994; Carney 1999), one is left with lingering doubt concerning the derived kinematic parameters based on post-facto modifications of the results. It is similarly important that the tracer stars cover a wide range of metallicities and distances (over both northern and southern Galactic hemispheres), so that correlations of kinematics as a function of these parameters can be investigated.

Although hints of the impact of a kinematic selection criterion are evident in the work of Yoshii & Saio (1979), the first [*large*]{} database suitable for exploration of many of these issues was that of Norris (1986), which included some 400 spectroscopically and/or photometrically selected stars with abundances $\feh \le -0.6$, and with available radial velocities and distance estimates. In Paper I of this series BSL extended the Norris catalog by inclusion of some 900 stars identified from the HK object objective-prism survey of Beers & colleagues (Beers, Preston, & Shectman 1985; Beers, Preston, & Shectman 1992a; Beers et al. 1992b), as well as some 600 additional stars from other smaller samples which appeared in the literature subsequent to the publication of the Norris catalog, obtaining 