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AT the meeting of the British Association in 1878, upon the motion of Mr. Sclater, a Committee, consisting of Dr. Hartlaub, Sir Joseph Hooker, Capt. J. W. Hunter, Prof. Flower, and the mover, was appointed to take steps for the investigation of the natural history of Socotra. Socotra, it was stated, was one of the few spots in the world which seemed never to have been trodden by the foot of the naturalist, and would in all probability be found to contain distinct insular forms, of which it would be highly interesting to know the relations, and to secure specimens for our collections.
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"On the Land-Shells of the Island of Socotra collected by Prof. J. B. Balfour", Part i (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1881, p. 251).
"On the Birds collected in Socotra by Prof.J. B. Balfour" (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 165).
"On the Lepidoptera collected in Socotra by Prof. J. B. Balfour" (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 175).
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The Zoological Results of the Socotran Expedition . Nature 24, 83–85 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024083b0
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