Index animalium : sive index nominum quae ab A.D. MDCCLVIII generibus et speciebus animalium imposita sunt societatibus eruditorum adiuvantibus / a Carolo Davies Sherborn, confectus; sectio secunda a kalendis Januariis, MDCCCI, usque ad finem Decembris, MDCCCL.

  • Charles Davies Sherborn
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1922-1933
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Credit: Index animalium : sive index nominum quae ab A.D. MDCCLVIII generibus et speciebus animalium imposita sunt societatibus eruditorum adiuvantibus / a Carolo Davies Sherborn, confectus; sectio secunda a kalendis Januariis, MDCCCI, usque ad finem Decembris, MDCCCL. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Year Brit. Assoc. Royal Soc. Zool. Soc. Brit. Mus. £ £ £ £ t 91 I 75 — — — 1912 — — — IOO — — IOO 1914 — — IOO 1915 — — IOO 1916 -— — IOO 1917 — — IOO 1918 — — IOO 1919 -— — - IOO 1920 ■— — — 140 1921 — — 140 The following remarks will be of service to those who use volume :— Nomina nuda are distinguished by the letters \n. n.\ Nomina nuda accompanied by figures, by the letters [n. et f\ In those cases where an author has described and figured a species some time after printing his nomen nudum, a reference is also given to the nomen nudum, when possible. Species indett. (without trivial names), if figured, are included in the Index. Misprints*are quoted only if considered liable to cause confusion. The date of publication of a species is taken to be that date on which the print in which the name appears is offered for public sale or public distribution. No author’s copy, or excerpt from any publication distributed privately before such publication was offered for public sale or public distribution has been accepted. Entries taken from privately printed books are distinguished by the words auct. typ. In all cases where the date'is doubtful and cannot be definitely ascertained, the date figures are enclosed in brackets [ ], or have a “ ? ” or some other distinguishing mark placed against them. The date always refers to that of the actual page, so far as my researches have enabled me to decide it. Many of my notes on dates were incorporated by B. B. Woodward in his Catal. Libr. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) while his volumes were going through the press, and this work should always be consulted on biblio¬ graphical matters. “ In the case of plates which appeared before the text, the date of each is given if ascertainable; but in no case is the date of a plate accepted in preference to the date of text, for the reasons which follow :— “The figure depicted on a plate may, or may not, be the drawing intended by the author ; it is the work of the artist, who is responsible