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WITH the view of obtaining the aid of naval and military officers, explorers, missionaries and others whose duty or inclination takes them to foreign lands in adding to the collections of the Natural History Branch of the British Museum, the Trustees have issued this excellent little handbook. It consists of a series of pamphlets describing the methods of collecting and preserving the various groups of animals, as well as plants, fossils and minerals. The different sections into which the book is divided have been written by members of the staff of the Museum, each of whom is a specialist in his own particular branch, and although the manner of treatment varies somewhat, each section is admirably adapted to its special subject, illustrations being introduced when necessary. The section on mammal collecting is divided into two parts, one dealing with the larger and the other with the smaller forms, a feature of the former being the inclusion of a list of species specially wanted by the Museum. Birds and the lower vertebrates follow next, after which come the various invertebrate groups, the work closing with chapters on plant and mineral collecting. The book is of a size convenient to be carried in the pocket, and has the corners rounded off the better to withstand constant use.
Handbook of Instructions for Collectors.
Pp. v + 137; illustrated. (London: Printed for the Trustees of the British Museum, 1902.)
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L., R. Handbook of Instructions for Collectors . Nature 67, 173 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067173b0
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