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DURING recent years many additions have been made to the collection of echinoderms in the British Museum; and, as Dr. Gunther explains in his preface to the present volume, much time and labour have been given to the study and arrangement of these additions. It seemed expedient, he says, to prepare, together with the nominal list of the specimens, a complete account of the species hitherto found in British seas. All students of the subject will congratulate themselves on the fact that this decision was arrived at, for the result is that they are now provided with a handbook which will enable them to identify, without much difficulty, any specimens that may come in their way. Mr. Bell, in beginning the preparation of so full a catalogue, had before him a task of no small difficulty, and in the manner in which he has discharged it he has displayed great patience, insight, and knowledge. A number of well-printed plates add largely to the value of the work.
Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History).
By F. Jeffrey Bell (London: Printed by Order of the Trustees.)
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Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). Nature 47, 508 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/047508c0
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