A naturalist in Borneo / by the late Robert W.C. Shelford ; edited with a biographical introduction by Edward B. Poulton.

  • Robert Walter Campbell Shelford
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[1916]
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Credit: A naturalist in Borneo / by the late Robert W.C. Shelford ; edited with a biographical introduction by Edward B. Poulton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the British Association to Australia, by way of the Cape and back by the Mediterranean. The manuscript has also been read by Dr. Charles Hose and Mr. H. N. Ridley, F.R.S., who, with their profound knowledge of the East, have given me the greatest help. The proofs have been carefully read, not only by these three, but also by Mr. Henry Balfour, Dr. H. Eltringham, and Commander J. ]. Walker, all of whom have made sug¬ gestions of great value and have helped in the detection of printer's errors. Commander Walker also kindly undertook the preparation of the index and Professor Selwyn Image the design of the title-page. I have also gratefully to acknowledge the assistance of friends, to whom I have written for information on various doubtful points—friends whose names will be found in footnotes here and there throughout the book. Notes contributed by any of the above-mentioned friends are indicated by their initials. The manuscript as I received it was very far from ready for publication. Many references had been left blank or incomplete, many names of species omitted. In nearly all cases it has been possible to make good. The author had written a list of chapters, with marks indicating “ rough draft or “ completed or “ almost so. Chapters I (Mammals) and II (Birds) were marked as rough drafts, III (Snakes) as completed, but all three were carefully written in ink by Shelford himself, and he had probably omitted to alter the sign for I and II. Chapter IV, originally entitled “ Other Reptiles and Frogs, or alternatively, “ Some other Reptiles and some Amphibia, he had not marked at all, probably because the frogs had been not even begun. The manuscript