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Publi$h~d <>n beha~f 9t tt:le lnte:rnational Committee of.. Natural Histor.y Museums· ~f th~ fcOM byfhe Ml;iaeurn of Natural History of the Wroclaw Univershv.c > . · Edited .by ·P-rof~. D~. w.~ 'Ry.dzewSki . . . . f:._ . · ..

. ,Add.r,e~~: :AA4sewn of~atu·r~i f-l.i:$to(y,. ~i~nlde\tV!o4a .. ~ 1. 50 .~.33J? ~vvroc!~V)l .. ~p.qJar;~~:l .. · . • • , ••• • '· ··-J, ' r· .:,·:

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. · ;.~~ aonfe;~nce·. of· the. Int~rnati~~l ~oo~itt~·~·:~:t' , .J~'t~rQ-1 Ht:a.tor.y Wll,:taeums, '!Cf;)M.

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· · · i fll• :;(Jonf~t$.1l,Qe.~ V'IE;ts held ··a'l; · .. tb.e . Museum of ,·Natural.:'"l.Iist-. or:,· P : V. :.ienn···.· ·El~: JJ!&¥., :·i:. 20 .. ~ ·~ .. ~97 .. 9 .. ·.. . T_he. Or.gani~illg. O.o~.~~.~ t~e ,ecm-

··· . .,;;...:..si<s-c;e(i ·.of· Dr.·. olioU temJ.eux . Chairman · ·Mr• :Hugh · Seh.ulz Sec-. ret~~ .&n.:d·.~rs· lUiather :Sl.i~on; Progr~mme ··chainnan•·'··" ... '

. ..... . .. ·fh,e local Qrgap.izing Commiti;!:l~ oonsist~Sd .. o:( Dr,. .Oliver · "''E.<i. . :~ · Y~!:rmt~.r::' ~K'-·F~~edrich:Nf.fitid~9her-< ·G;razt .Prof.- Dr.

:.B.'b~:!!"·' t St.uber.r : . zb~g and·.membe.:ts .of the s~~i"etariat: 1\'l.t>s. Ilt1~. Vomes,: r.trs Eira ·l~i~ Hambe;rger;:. Mise Eira Te~arik~ ' . · Wb4t:meeti w8i3 attended by ~6·~:members. and ~e~tfi·~:t~om :23 cou.nt.ries·~ c: ·2f# r~· -- ·· · ·. .· ·. .;,. . , .,. . · ,. .. ~ _;~£;:. .

·. : ·· .· A1ter.~a:;~ ~·~·~\.t(.llltr~~;- :lg (pl.us .. st~t:r o·f the ·~m.baeuma), ~~lg;I;.P~G ~~ 2·~·· ·:J?~;:tga:r;•· ~. 1 ;. .. .:~e~riada ~ : 4, .··china *<2.; .De~ark ...

·· :Jil: :1:r~o~,~·''.2': : .. ·:V.I~Ge~e.~ .;.·:'.5,·. Gt.~Britaf.n::~ .J~. ··.In4:ta;:~)l, Israel,:··::. . ...:>· 2f-.lta~y .. •· .. 2,/~etherl~ds.:·-. .. 2, .:Nig~ri•;~. 2~-Norway ·-. :·2;. Pap:ua· ~. 2¥·':· Poli!Pld .;;..::1, . Swed.en. """· :;:, ·:~Sw1t~~~laft<l · ·11, Taiwan,.~ l t 'T}iai.lfAD.d: 1·· •U•S.oA.;:.i!i. ·J.-. · . . . . , ~ ::· . .·. · · .··. · ·flh~.:opeU.il;lft .. oe~~~o;n:y took place.· on :Ma:y 14, m()m~ng.- The'

· w~~, wo:ra.~ ·.of· ~eleol!le W,'e~e: expref3sed . by : Dr~; Fr,iedrieh Bach .... n;.$Y·et, lite DireQtor of Nat.ur.il · Historf' M;uaeum ·:;bi 'Vienna.

· Di~l~ ·!ng• · R.N~ed.~~h11emer~· Chairman .. qf the. N:at.ional . Austrian·. ·CoWJiitt~e :of. ·~lie ·rooM, .... Dr~ 'L<>J~ia J:;emieux;, ... ~ Chail'l]l~.·.o:r ,, the

. ColD,llltttee,, · ~. Oli.ter· F;. Pa.get~ Chairman .of .. the ~uatrit;UJ. Organ~·z-t,ng Com~:it.tee •. Afterwards, Madame Dto.;llertha Fi~b~'tg, . the ., /ltU:Jtl"ian, Minister ·:ror Science .• ·and :ae.search . of·ficiall:y

·. ope.t:ted. · th~ c·o~e:r.enoe _ ·pointing out the imp:or~ance • Qf · the nEltural · hi.atorj-:: ·museums . and their: educational . and soc:i:.al role in the life of hU:mim communi:ties, and wishing the :con-ference every suc.cess in its work. · · ·

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. The. pr~gramme of iihe Oonf'erence wafi .~s follow$: ·

· J4il1.l4., ·mq~i;ng: :Muae1.uns ·and. IUON. otud.nnan rir.,L~tLEMIEUx, .. Ottawa· · Os.b.a.da· ·· · . : · · · · · · . · · · · ... ·

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D~liJIU.NRo,~. ~o~ges.~. Switz..E!rl.$Jld - .!\. PJ?~sent,.tip:p. on . IUON. Pr~~ · i · j$qts a.J:l.d~.-~i;a-.lfee9, f_or -a Pt,tblic AWBl?~nSiee Programme.,· in

Cooperat!on with, .. lla.tural -Bi~to.r.v ·Museums ••. ·. ·. ·: . . · :: . · · J,.. WHITIN.G.,. Qtt.~wa,: Ca:ne..da .... ~e ._Role of Natural History. i!tue"'!"

· .. eutiis · ~ .:En:tlrcnwental. Education .•.. · : · ·. . · .... · ... -:

-·~.--_"i4·,··~:f~~~oon~.·:M~soeil.an~bus.~: c11airmein .nX..o.:E~:PAGl!:T,. · •. v±.-:nna:~ ·Au.str:i,a •. · .· . · . · .. ·. · · .· .• ···.····. · · ·. · · : : d • • •

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: : t;.pl()gie." d!l lJ'Universite. de ~lore,nce.,, . · . · . · . . · · :•· . B.ll'U:BE'Nl):(~, ·G,crteoorg, • S~ederi .~ A: Penn~.e~t Exhib.it;J.on on .... ~CQ.~Qgy. :·.· .: . : ... , , ... ·.·:. ·.: .. , .· .···.· . : .·· . . . .A.QU~~~.;' :B~e:lles,. Belgitml .""!· Lf.. R.ealisttion . d'~ . petit

.· , Musee· 4e.So;1e1;lces uaturelles ... a·.l'Enti."e.e .d'une.:For,et. . ... . . . . . . - . .· ' ' . .

~l' . 14 t ~~~moo~: Poster eessiQn•. G.,STANSFIELPt L~i~ester~ England - PiJ;bii~~tion· .of .. the Bio-

lo~eerl Qura,tore Group (United KingdoDJ) <~~ . .. •

WQRYD~E,WSIJ:i -Wrpolaw,. Po:ta:nd ... The Natural. H~~tory .¥tiselm!s ·. "~Jewsle~.tero~~ ·, .· ... :

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ii(fq .l~h motn,j,lig-~ .. Ethics ... an4 the Collecting· ,~f ~atural. ·His"tiol.':f 1VIat~ri$le Cl'lairman. Dr. JoROS~, New Yo.rk~ USA.,

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H~~'- Clev~lahd~:. U~S~A.~ 0'0 Ethie~ in Sclf.m:ce M~semn~ Ke~, F.rankturt;. W.Ge±'matcy. -._The Oonflict:._b~twee~ t~e

· · · ·. Co .. ~lec_i;·~ ()f la::tura.l .History Mat.erial :;:md th~ Protec"" . . ... ·:·t.~.O~- :f;lt;· , d8~~~r~q..:· Sp·t?.oies., ·-: .. ~ ..... :·. ·.->:~--~- ::-. . . . . ._ .. ,. . .. H .. w. SE:Kt]l,AS-, .;J?.apu~ ~ ·.Et;n;ics : of' Qolleoting ·Natural" . HistorY· .. . · .· Spe~:d.meruiJ .. iD. t.he P:apua.·l\few Guinea Na.tioria111llua~um.-.: .. ,. . · ·. K,.ENGS~J.t~fli; · S.tookholm, Sweden.- ·Some .-Problems· in· .Coll.eoti:r;ig

· An1mals .t~eat~ned b:y· Extinction.., · . ·

· . M~li-15:~ ·a:rt.e:cil~on: Mi~eellan~ous •.. Ohllimf}n Prof.Dr. · w" ... RYDZE,WSKI,: WroclaW, Poland,; ·. ·

· ·a.sT.ANSFIEtn; ieicester, England - ·The ... ·Trahting . of· Ne:t~ral . · . History Cpra:tors. . . . . · . ; . . ·. . - ·. .

Mme M.TeMETZLE.lt, Al.gert Algeria ,.;.. Collections· geologiqu~s.·. D.liiiDRARIU 9 _ Bucareat; Romania. (a. summary read . by H.oScl.J.ul tz in

· . · al)aence. o:f' ·the ·author) - The Underst.muling . of the .. An.i"'!' m~l ~qlution on· the Basis of the Co~jHarative An~tomi- ·

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•• me~~~~oi~vr~;e~ l~f/~. llim':f ~~tf~,~~~~z: .·· 2.. ·. < J3~ ·iti.~e,~olvea that t?P~c::.~1· thanks··.be· .~x~~~a~~;::>',~~ · . . tbe ·nir~ctol.:' o~· the Naturhistori~ches ~tiseum,. :ll~-•.'13~~~~ ..

rnaY.e:r.,. · :'for the warmth · of his welcome tC>:.:~;b..~ Q.$.~~:g$1i~EiJ: ':· a ttendill,g. the Conference of the·. :Natural; :l}iatel:#i.<:'IVJ.U~~~r! ,. committe·e of ·:rcoM.-. · · · · ·: · · ·· ,: ·

3. <::L~€ ~t. r~~olved. that. spe(,-:i.~l· t~~~··:.:.:~;:::~*".t~~~1/<:·~~-·: · the .. :ereaident , o£ ·t.h~ Austrian N'ati..onal, Comm:t:tt;ee;.j)}\:IQOM .:-.

7 .,· ·.· .. In ·~pp~eiciat'ioP.. of: tli!3 '. qutstandi~g: ,e~toi,?~·$:. ;of::;·~s·::·, .. · .~dzew.~ki':·. ·, ~ · ~·diti,ng,- . :~ ptib],lah:ih:g: ·: :~d. oi.~cul~t;tn'lf : :tb.$ · · · ~ew13l$:t·ter of· the ·Natu:r:-al Hist.ory Muee.uin~ ··P.omriii.tt~e· ·of ·

·reo~:.},·~ .~t·;·re.:~~i~e~:··.: .that .sp.eciat· ·th@lc~··,·be_.:·.:~·cehra~:d:;:··~~i: .. Pi'~·. ay·dzew~ki .. _f.o:Jt, ,h:ts. most: ·valu~bte ;.eoiJ,triblilion · . t(). i;lf.~ ... progr.ess .,:of the. Conimitt~e. · . . · · .· : . . . . ... ·' · , ·. ·. . . ' - . . . . ·. . . ·.. . . . . . . . ·. -~ ' . . . . . : ·: '. . .. :: .. ·

a·~ ;. . ·u~c·o'gni~illg .th~ vi:tal' ~d . Urg~i,t:f.i~p:c)~t~~·~ .Q't .-~J:Q·~· ·mot,ing. bro£tder. public under~tanding. ·· o:t. ·ecology ,~oludjilg ... l:luman e:c;o:J.c:>~· . ~<i tbe conseryati.q~ ·. o:f. ·nat"Ul:'al.~:pel$O.~~:e~:r~ .· . : . · conviri~~d· that :natural hiato:ey mu~eum$ .:can 9ontri.b~,· . ute ef'f.~ct;tvel.Y .. to promote that: un,derstand:tng.;, . ::· ·. . ... ;',. ·.; ··.'· .: ;

. · . noting that ·while·. appropria;tel;y .. designed. emi'bition '. : and e;Xtension programme·s are .. needed' iri, .al:t·.: parts/ ::of t.h~ ..

·.world,. the moa·t'.serious problems . ·o::r·.cons~rv.S.tion·. and ...

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· ·· :~~ .. o~:t~: .. P1'i~tr ~ .. ~h~ .. a=~:!i .. li~ic~g$11~;; · · •. ·. .. .s()nie .. wot>ds. e>I.i the. impressj_.ons received in AU:s,tr~a~ • . : . : . · •

. · .. • . , .. ··. Th$·, par$mol,Ult fJilpr~sfijions were: ~he· per~•ct . o:t>g~~z:- · · · ~tiol;l,·· the ··wl)nderi'ul atmosph~re of hospitalit:.y, · .. frie~dship

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i:lrid h\lmour!f: . th~ irtt~:t.e$~~ing places we ... :'N.~~- ~ilown 'a.n;d.< .i;Jie -- ·_ ::;~:~ti;p:i;~:~~:ih~:~~::~:~;~aa:m~r~,.~~~~~-·--· . sh~p '()f'. ·our Austr.~an hosts. were unsu.rpaasaible~·.:. ~VE3,l'.YPQQJ,:.VV8.i~ .

· smil:trig·:a:9d. eve:cybod~~ was happ:y.. ·ve Y!e~e .. J;ioi16~$d ·.:~~L,~ljre~• · · govetr'nmentsl ·bo(lie·s ·and we. will re.men1be~ ·.·.the .. :w;,:t~:g:Ns'$];t!lg~: . . expresse·a. by a.~i Officials.-·· ... ,~· · · •·· .· ... > .. , :·.· • .. ~· .· .. · ·, \ .·':.•-'Y. · ... · · : Besides. ··tn.~ .J;rea,~m~es of the'· ·v;tenna Natural; Hi:sto~ Mu~·

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of a museum, froll! the XVIII century .. ·pre·~!3rved i.n. an. ~l:ich8.Ag$c1:·

:::· ~l~;a~io.;~!l;~~! · :;~:st~t~~ ·_ f~:~~~~~~J;i !:i •. reall~ .f'aboulous., Sun,hi·gh rocks and: ,snow Qf'fer~«i iifi.fb'tg~tt~ .·· ·. able· impre.e3sione., . · . .· · .. , ··.. .· ... · ·· , . · . :· ::= .. , .;.:'..·· ·:. , .. ~. ·

I tQOk. p~rt. -in V~J;'ioua ~ongresae~; c:on;fe•reh(f~$:. and·,.~e~t~·· inf;S . put· t.bi.~ ·on~ .in.· Atist~ia . was ·the furi~~ .. ··ei'!j~;w·ab;t~ .. ·:~l?,q. pleasant~ · ·'i'his_. ·:ts ~ue-. to ·.the o!'gani:2:et~, .. ])re :P~get ... 9.4'!d · !iia. staff',. to whom we express our most· ·•cord':i,.~l· thanlt$~ .... ~ .. >.··, .•.·-.·. :· , ·

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\~A sm~T.EGi FOR . THE CONSERVATION . O;F. WiLD LIVI~G. ~SOUROEB .· . '" .. . ·. bo~se~a~~o~ is on .. the .-brink. ~f · rh:a~:~:bre:.·t~i~u~~~-: >p~~-:: doxica'lly . i~. alS.o· :face$ O.ppp.rturt:l"tii$,S fO:r· sU;cce$s .· ·. tha~. it ·has never h~d b'~:f·ore<!> I.:t 'we. are to s~;tze -~-hese oppo);>tunfties. - as we. m~st ... l believe . the. conservati'on .movement .. must . change. radi~aliy in ·at least thre~ w'ays~ ... · ... > :· .•. ·. ·,: .: .. · .

·it mtj.st op~rate _more effe.ctively. a~. the. glo):ial level.. . ~ it. m.u·st have . a much ·more. ,po$iti ve .. ap.prciach · · t.o. dev~l~. · ··

opmen:t. • . · · ·.. ·· · . : ..... - it must work . to a . common s~rat~gy. ; . ·. . . . . . ··. . . . Oonservation.:Us jol) is to ensure ·that · the bio~pitere ·""" · .

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· .aila:.·: tl1e·· eq~s:Ystem~, .· tind specie$; tliat ()ompl;'~a~ it -· <l.e;;n_ ·(?9n-... ·. · ti.ntl:~: ~Q 'b~ef?.f)t':\:t .• cun-en1r ·. and twt:Q:;r$ .·• geuera~:t()n$· . Qf p$oplE:l .• · • J;t~. ;:atlils · >. ~P df.? : 't.hat 'b:y maintain_iilg· .. lite•aqpport . ·. tl:y$'hmes ... t~<?. · ·> ··: .~~Efj:)·~Jl'~'e~!~~~oJ?. · C)f : e~c;;*'•:tems .u~ ;P~eservi.ng _ e;e~i:ltic'

·. '4iY:e .l': --tbi'o~il'f;' ·:~Jeve!ltin·· .• th.e ·extinction.·. ·of .$ eoiea and . . ···v.~r~~,~~t:t·,~t1aJ .. :·~~·~i:J;n~•i.ntn~ · e.xpl6.~ted eeo'S1~Jtema·.-ba ~~toclta ()f p'l~t~~- rand.,~:l;mals at. sti}jtfiti:hable lev.,llij;... . ,. . . .

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•· ~:~v,,;~~;,1Ji~i~~~;:h!;±~;ts~W~d=:1~7~s~~~ · .· . men_ta·j r -:.t}l~-· 4e.;·t~c.ttQ~ of the bioaphe:re go~s on Un;oh~~~ed• ·. · ~!rfi-re·;::i.$ ~n .a:Uu:'lllirig irlflis' ·or~ eJtaril:ples.Her.e ~re a few :()t 'theril··

· · ·• : .:;;.··i;-._-;:;·}~h·~-: ~i~~~~~ ~~t~rbnth6ht~, ~n····tht~:: ;·i~~,t .. ~~-~·:t~&.····.t~o_···· ic~i ..• . t.O~"t$'•:"40%. ,o·t- thEnlf···liet..-& ·been ·destroJ._eti alre$dl' ~· Th~ c~titi.;.-

-:~~;~· · .. · l.C1Jil~4Jfa~n .:tQ.~ef1rtslci!Ln4. theli a;re. 'beinti, de.s.tro:fed- ~at· ·a .much ··· . . :.:r~"~-~ -:~,it~~-·.~.: _·~J._::tll~i~.·~nd pl: 'til)e. c~n~~tt·;: ::it, cutt~nt_: J•ates o.:r., ·· · deat:r.U<rhion·;: 'c(.Ji.itinu$ ·•' ·>the. · lowland •. ·fox-e:st~ or . ·l'iataysj:a ·· ·

_--.. 1~<\~p;~-l,'; ~~ •. ~;:~h~f-~iliiipil;l.e.B. :Ef.r~· li~.e~:Y .··.to h~v~ di$appeii~ea.: · · The;··t ·~tl\Ul~fir)~:f' ~~ts l(),sa, t~hie,~ woU1ii .:'Qe ~l. thout prec.ficle~t ·.

~.1'4':#' .... J\~t.l::ht.ff~:t>~-,·.·.·.··ean.·•~>e ··.$~rtni$ed· :r:rom. "Yhe :rac~ ·.that··~~:& ·m~ ll!~··~;t:f.of.tll~:worl..d'$land s:peeies.· Tive. only':i.nti'"Qp~ ··.i~al ·-~~~:n,.fot~$ts.; · · · · .. : · · · · ·

.. ·. ~.: ., " :_-:~ .. : .,. :; :>·; " ·. :· .. · _.· ", Dese_l,"t 01:". semi-'d.esert . already forms 43% of· the earth• B .. ··

. ~~d :s~f-.ee~. ~rt;Y ~~_lion squ~re k:l.1ometer~J mor;e,- 8.rl afidl.~ tto~al 19%, · is· threatened · 'With dese'l'1;ific$tiort~ · .This ie -~ .. loss ·:of pqteniiii\11y produ9.t~ ve ··land . · that · we simply · ·can;not. tolerate. .. - · ·· · · · · · · · ·

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·. :·::·-~h~;···~H~1and.s. ~a ·shallow~ ~long ·th~~-~horea·'·::o-t oceabs. · ·. ~d;s~.a$~~ -·b - ~Ci,Qg;rt\d~d 'and rendered less' proQ:u()tive . by

· a~~'{lR;ins •. ·· au,mp_ .... r;·;pol:liltio~· tUiCl. ··~llo.r.e imp_:rovel11ent••.; ·· Incr-. ·· ·~sip~,- ~Utfut.n; .P~fi!i~~tiOl) and· Ull~\lstrial· d~ve;lolJtli,ent~ . O(l;ntre . on the ·ooastal · E:on~s- .and tbe .future of· these. areas i:n terms ·

. of bi.ologio&:~- -p:r:oduoti vi 'f;y and amenities :t·s severely :threat-enedc6 · · · · · ··· ..

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~ ·~ . · Iniul$ns.e quailiiitie$ ·of· fertile soil are being lost eaoli

· yea~•-ttoill the hi·gh;iands o:t Asia, ... Latin· Amer:i,cti and Africa; -. f6_:t!• :~xEmip:te :240. lia-i1c.1:tpn, cubic metres a ·:year· 'from Nepal;- . ~26

·• jiiit:L:J.on ~ops a ~ear :fro-q~.Oolombia; .. more. than a billion :tons •· , .~ .. '3:ftj~: t:~<;m. ~thi()p;ta• · 'his soil-is· ·not ;just .·-lost from. S:~te; •· . __ :t,t·)iiay._: 9lpg· river.~ .a)ld o·anals, fill r_eservoirs. and ·another

· · .. coastal coral. l'e~fs~ -'-L()sse~· a:re riot simply due· to·· erosion: · in the USA alone · 10 000 km·· of arable Hmd ·-are taken· over

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each year by indust.ry and. urbani~a.tion.,. •' ·~ .

. . · .. It is n.ot ·only · p~sical basis oi ecos:y.s.t.fjnis . ~h,tit<)-~ being. dE)stro:yed and :is threatened with @;;t"e~te~ .lqeses ,1:1: c.~ .. ·rent practices <}ontinue.. More th&n a t,ho~sand · ve.r,.tebl;'ltt~ · species and .subspeqies and 25 O<:lO plant ·specie~( ,.ar~ ~l:ireat~ ened with. extinction<~ The lo.sses . of .invertebrate ·. animal~ whose ·l1abi tats are . being elim:Ulated .· . in. ·thed.~.· ait~irf):t:V ':. (a'r$ . diffioul t to es~imate 11 . · but it is r3.uggested t~' f.r?~ .hS.:lf ~ .

. · mill~o~. ~.o ·.~·. mill~6n species. will have b~e:n;.made. ~*tine:~·':: 1)y ·the enfl> of' t}le. century. e. . . . . . . . • • . . . • ' ,: •. : .•. ·. · .. : ... ; ·.: :' . . . •.. . ·:

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. . ·The.· ·oeptres br origin of olir. irivalu~'bl~ · ~~6p · pi~t1S ).~ .·· · · .b$i.ng. devE:j.e~~ted . all. over the woz-ld,., ·M$ny . ~rt.$~·:Lei;i~. ·a.+·:. ~iCe.,·. maize~ .. sorg~m, . Im!:illet.t' :.v?Ut. anQ. (')ot.to;n ar~ :a.l~()s.t ·~~.in~:t.~ If th~se geJietie strainer are lost, ~ so is the·~:ipa?-n:. oppo.,;~~ . ];li:ty .. t:urther .. to improve the p;roduetivit~ . and ~nviro11Di$fii;.al. tolerance .,()f · thS,~;i~ mainata:ys. of h~'lilan ltfe:, . · ·· · ....

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- . • At least 25 of the. wo.rldV s m~a't yaltt~blE{:ri~he~i~~:·.:··;~r? Qer:iousl:y · deplet·e·d.- . The resulting los~ 9f' poteli*-ial p~.Q .. (l'ijc= .· .·

· tiori ·is ·.about 7 million :t.ons or· e.o1ne 10 ,PeT.: (j·e~t :.o~ :·.th$·>::~u~ . ~ent ·world annual catc1lo In .addi''tioti; 7 :!llill~on .ton$: .of f~fllh- · is killed SccidentlN . ·and. throw,n awa;y each ye4rb : Same :(;i;}l4J.r · fisheries>are n6v1 s.o fullY exploited that t~ey' ma:f be d.ep1e~ ·. ted within· a decade~ · due to the· effects of · expl:.cii3~t~:~:ti:.ori ·alone ·or in combination with.'those .of' pc.Hluti()~ · ::and ::habita:~ destru.ct~on., · · · · · · · · · · ..

i- find 'it depreasi;ng to· re.ci·t.e this 'l.:i;t.~~.· ~j? wast$. ~:U.d. •. destruc~~~:m; · not·· 9nly ia it· alarming · a:nd ~tl;irE1ate!l·:tll.g.:iri i teelf 11 ·. bU..t also . a. simila:r etoJ;>y ha.s · been told.: f~r: ·tt~·~ad.e~?e · We seem not· to. have learned how to. ·aahiev.e oo~$eX"VatiQ~,· ·. ·or

·.if' ·we have~ we .have :failed ·to pa._~s r()n''the ·ies!S!ont!J'.to .,e;>~h.e,re.e>:::

Wliatever th~ re<$.sonl} o~e t~ing se~s .ole~~: i{1act.'j;;:f . . Il.loney and trained people means th~t .. we carihot . · imfu:eQ,ia:~~l.:v.·.

· redquble our ef'f.orts,. \1\fe mu.st at ... leas:t, ·enSlirE!· ·. th~t ~tu;-. ·e·t-. . forts are d:Lrected: so. tha,t the! have m~.:rd.mum ef:fect. ·To that end we mu~t poaitJ..on. ourselvesr. ·to make· bettei .choices; .. · we must ·employ a s.tr~tegic .approach~ · · . .. .. ··

. . · . tt Strate~ ~~ ;has beC1ome · a: f~tM3hion;able . word .. an~, li)ce · uu:co~o~", .. ~t has, t~ken · on a m:e.aning·. some\vhat· bey9nd its .. · d+ot:~.onary · defi.!li tiQn~ Strictly ~peaking·, . stre:i;tegy · re:t'et"s to ·· the· planning and:. direc·ting of .large ac~ale operatio;ns.,To me~t .

. the problems. touch~d upon above . and thus· achieve coriserv...; ~ . . ation . in • the ·world today certainly·. clillS ·.for .. 'large ·seaj,e · ·

operations,.. M~ny. conservation aetiviti'es a.r.e .themselves. well . . - .. . - ; .

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> · ~~~~t;tl~$~~:~!4a~~~t~:f~:~:; ~~~~!~';~·b~~ · .. :At. t~~l. ·Jl:~b~}. :4e'!~~-. :)loWever,_. the.te :hf!s •J;iev~;r; •. been .. a. ·<;lp:oJ:Pl!- . · · · eh~n~; v~ :c.fJl@b;~pg 'ft.~~work, . · · a._· :coord~natfid appro~oh • :_tq' ·. ~(;Jt;.. ..

1it1g:.·.prii$:rit:tes ttor<$s!u.atai:ned laJ;"gE;i seale·· effort: to Jia;t:'back

· · · .. t~~~~:,~~:t!~::Cc!"~~~~~~!:~-e;:~?.~;~!!?:~,~~i!o ~~:!l1e~: · . . ·:t~.tt~':.on 'chano(J.:: :· ;e dei 'n&ed' a.. ooneief;.ration s.i:teategy .. : foj:o tlie

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c' ·· .. _f:~~~t~~~,a~~t:;;t~.9l~~~~:~;~fflt&.~ ·-:~;;!a~6ti-~~r.~::t>~~::-. . etts: ·cont~li-i· unoh~.dkett · · ·-if whales· .ltri~l . ~una·. and a. hun~ .

: :d.ri~· :,:f$tl1e~.:n.l@i;!1_6·.··•~•9:t:4·s:: ar!ll•:n~t ·rit~(AIJ~d~. ·t:Q'r f:JU.s.~a~ri$Ji1e .• · . :Y":if»~4. •: ~ll-m.a~~d w;ll ·.au:ffe:r, ·:··:~he loss of -~P!a~~eetas :J.~.t

· · \l~d~S.~t.1~e:4 · · ~~ll~~ ~~due~ ou;r p~tenti"l : tp;r 4&v:e19pme~t < . tpe .·. · -loss--of ·,:rooa:· :ana·\fibr~: . will· ·threat·e:n the ·Stt."rvival of ln:fl;.. · '' '1ionsr the diWtage io our iife .... support s;Yst'ems oouid be cru--,~~&fl. •' :·· ·.:.. '··::.' .. . . ' : ' . ' ' ·. -. ' . ' ' ~ ..

. ··;-:,·.·~-?.-~~-~~:~~tfjlb9 .. ot· t~e .. troplcal':·tores~:e ·-an(\·.· ~i:::d~se~t:s

.Q.~o1Vb.d!l·.;$q1V.fid. ~aid:ed· by· tne countries· wh~:re theY :ex~st; . . · Tlleav: _.t~•u~~1;T$:e.t m.:u~t ··d(Jvelop the will · _··lo ·• soly~ . th:em :4 ~Cl l · . ·. :_ be,l~fitve_.·tlie''.~an•: \Ye .. in :'tl:u~.--developed ·countri~s.f!1iU1t; provide · · the_ i;)e~fJ ,.. -ana. I hope ·we Will. · ·· ·· · ·

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<~·,;:·)·<·mll~ pi¥~b~(,lns o.t~'_th~ iiyipt'$' resourceti : of: the .ee,a: .. obyt~ · ''t'.fU.EIU :.e:aiil':tot ·b~ 'l':~olv$a bJ. -~ 6nf3 ·:countn ·.e~ ther~: .. Some 1p~O"'!> · : .• t,i-&ss::~s~·b~~ng tll~~~;··b~t no~ enough;- to :r.ore_et~ll .the. eJtti~~~ .·

... i~on of scm .. · ilJJ)~(ji.es i;Uld .·the· depletion ·of. m~ . mor~~ -:Unfor~

... · .ttJ#at~:~1:~ to. -~-t»D.t• >~~lcs:tter$-t _. the · pr(>:spEi~t :o.t ehor~~1;e:m1· gail\ .· .. ·ef;i..ll·'·t;~·eemS·· 1DO~ .. ~t-'fir~etive·· c•than·.:ratiolial._ ·tnab.ag~'ment\· ifC)r.

·. i:tl'fJ.'tir:iilU\b~l;iitt • , .'l:it. is :an· i11terpat±.onal···. task. to p·ereuade · all thost:r. involved ·tliat.-the· resources·. of. the ·seas are'a common· her:l~((ge::~t~··a.~<>.omn:ion· ·responsibility.; : · · · · ._, · .. ·

.. · _; .· J~~the~·-:'tihe; -·()p~rate a-t· the global, .. ···•· national or lboal . · ... · lev~l~ C)Qtt.et"Yat~qri.!sts must observe certain'. &rtrate_gio~:. pr:irl-. •-· · c~p le~ ~f.·. _they .· wanv ·.to ·Bl).cceed: they _·.should d~ci~e .w~at p:tQl;J-.

. . l.~m!S ·should . ~e · given· pxoiori t:v ; they should. tackle ~he .. cauees · • .t:,t tl'tos~ ·pr~tiletn$· ~d not just the prob~ema . themse.lves ;. ~he,y . · J:l}.lould be .alert .. .for spec~al ·opporttinities · for ,dealing with

the. probl~s · · and their· causes; -and should .consolidate · · . and. .. . :fo:tlow~u.p. : : . - · · · · ,

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·. v~p,~t :w~ .a.~cide· B.l:'~ th,e:. prio.r:l;;t.:r p~~b;tems .. d~p&n4.$;_~n{;~he • .. c~~ ;;eria. VJ,e_ .. adopt .. f'or. EJet.ttilg pr~orit,i~a~Cr;it~:r1a; ~~: ~~s~~""'!~· · · ja~l;,. We m~~ have· an llltuit:iye fee:ting for w;ha:ir. ~-lljl. t.~P-Pl.'f;J;.O~ .: rit:Y : dep~f!diil.g upon . our· bias&s . ~d e]Cper4.enc$·$, .. 'QUit: ~ll:ttt· . really_;. is -11ot. goo.d; · ~n,ough •. If . we. wisP. · to :convin~e··. t:n.e P,f$,6ple • •. who. o~n .e:f;f'~_ct: chan,ge ' and .br:i,ng.):i.b.ou~· ~.cj;ton :(~n,a. J'fe •.. · tl, ··. · .. and if•, we want. otherf!:l, :_to· coopera.te. itr :~QnQ~n;-J;~t~ng· .Q . ~h.~ . problems· we regard.· as . imrortan,t th$n :iJ~. ·is . n$c.eJ$still:7:. .. :t9 nu:tlt~·r­expli'C~ t ·. bur _cr.it'eria · .f'o:r. cno:o.Silig .pr;l.o:r~ tiel!~ I?.' ·ln ·.·~ ::'vl,;:Eiw .. ·thr~e cr~;teria. ··are: essential,= thE!. ~a~nt ~U9-e: ;'·,'()~ . th~ ')l.oi:U3;·',b.~ ·. · P.afuage .the;t is occ~X,"il;lg ot is. al)oiJt· -po -~oe\4;~' ·t}l~ irOD1inEt.~~-~ · .

. o;f that_·loss .<;»r·dan:u:1:ge .. and. the. likf3.li.bqod. ():f.·~u,~:~~,.$~~~· • .... th~~ .. ·· i.s ot. t.he 16Q~ or d.a'qlage b.e.ing redressed ,·e1itninat·ed .jir Ei:vo.:t,~ ·. d,ed ;for a s~gnificant. time., · ·.- · · ·. . .···· . · c. -... ··

.· ·. . . ~t i$ · <lfi:f.:t..o~i t antf pe.~li~ps -i:r.-i:-(3.t:i.~nal; >~6 ··:at~~.~~~i(:.:.,;~.P. appl:V these cti~er:.ia .. -to th~ cl19ice .of.pr;torj;~t~s ·.· ~9J'll·~k~. three bl"o•d eo~serV:ation objeqtives mentione·a ea:t"lier .. .-:·Whi:fl ~ainten~~e · of. genetic di vers:ity , . tbe· continl,dng; .. fun.~tlon~iig . · of life ~uppo;.t>t: :Etystems ~d .t,he ·goo«i mt;Utag~m.~n~.· .qf expto~te~. ·. populatior:uiJ·. and .ecosystems are .. o-bjeo-ti:ves.-,-pf $q'!l~l ,:y~~tJ,.,e .. each. of'. which tl1ust be .. achieved. . ~er. ~:fore ~::t>ite,~i4 ·:ffjr: p~().~ . ·

· ri ties sho.'tlld .b.e applied .i;o probl~ms. that itnt)~de:tlie a;chi~ve,;;.. . · ment ·:of' ·an,y on~. of ·those broa<l objeeti,'~$e' ... · ., .... · .· ' .•·. ,,:: :·· ,'/'

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. . . . In ~oi{eide.z>mg priori~ie.l:J <·:for t;lot·~QD: .to 1)1-.e:Vf!nt ~~t\~~~ ' ' tiou ;·of spe~i;ee ·(loss of gE)n:etic· iiiv$*sit¥)it,~ ;·.ifh~(iii~~tu.~e . of the loss· is _gr.eater .the :higher .the ·t.axonotniQ unit . .-th•i;· i.i;l!.· ·.·

. threatened.. ~hqs. -it ::Ls ··~ore lim:P9~t~n:t to ... a~t~ a. specif:ls ~h•t· .... · ·i~,. in. . .f:act, a I}lonot.tpl.o : g'enus · tha.t a.. ,_ap·e~ie.s. t.ht:l:t -is:J·~ 9~~ .Q.f · . · a mu.,ltit pic.gern,:u:i., For·e.xample., tne·.b9wheac;L-whale. (Bala;,eJi,al: .

· and.· the· 'baok w}lale ·.(Megaptera), both ~nd:&ng~:r.ed~. ·$pQ~~d; 19 · ·, . ·

i:f .neoessaey, .. b.e. ·given priOrity· ove;t> . the ·blue ·whale , ;(:B$lae.;.;. .. · noptera) whose_- geriu13 :ta.:ehared by the fin., mi.nke an~}' B:i1de's. · whales.· ·· · · · · · · · ·· ·· ·· · · · · · · · ·· ·

~he ~~nence. of : los.s- ~hould:. al~o ··. b~ ·a .. ~ignifie~t ·: ele~ ' ... ment 1n choo~t.ne:: pr~oritie·s~ It is ·.m9r~_:impo~ant •. from th•:: global point.· of· view to t.ak~ action. ·to ~sa:ve a species . ::that.. · is. endangered: through.ou~ ·.its range. t;na:n one. that. is e:nd,ange.;. . red in ~e ()ountr'Yi o.n the periphery of' its· range.,.: Actio~ ~o · . save . endange.red: ~pecies .. should'. take pre~adenc~ ·. 'over action .. to save Vlilnerable oi' :rare species., ·.These -may be. diff:i.ctll"t ·. choices, but ·logic compels that they· should.· be · mad&tll ·. ·

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. . , :::. : :·.l~ eonsid_e;ri;~g. priori ties . ,fpt.:J~O~~OJ'l t.o. P,rQtf)9t' -q~~l · .ecologio~l-. proc~J;~ses, it· :ts neoe.lilsa,.~ ·:~o •-O.<?l18·i,ti:~J;"- the. f;l~t~:t·

. < .· . . 1;(}: wb~Qh·; .··~ pj;"obl'Jil :,'.imp:J.ng~s .. o;t). . global, r.,giQXJ:$1 ,.o~ loil~l . · · . ..p~po$ . ..,£ .. ,~ .o. • ~t vlJ.~ · global :.l~tel af:f$o1;·iljg })f,J.si.o : ~b:Log~pon£tm1~

· ........ ~·1 ~s:ys;tems _: ~: 1;h~:·. •imlospnere' ... 0~ ooe.~s ... : or regic)~f11~. : and . · .. ·· · ,. · · ... ~o($4:t;l1:Y<tne,. ~ef);lt~, :· ... prod~()ti::ve :runci;ioning·_, of e()9Eir ... :te.tns·. · .. · , ... · · : · . .'·: l':t'~blel#~ :l;\ll:v~nr;~:gl~b:al: ~ffects ~equi.:re: pri.o;:i.tt .. , a.~~,i}tiqn:. . .

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. · .. . .. ··.·~.····•· ., ·~! J~~e~ile ~:t ·$ireat~. ·1;·(, ·~! ta.l. · ·e~oi~SlQai ·· p;oo~ss~·~: ·. · ·:t~··:·.<t:L~~iQ_lttli:~c;f:qu~'J;if~~- : .. At Vlhat point,. f'o·r e~~le. dp.~s.·. ·

·•:.·~··l~t·~~;:.!~~~¥i~::;r;;~;t;~tli:~;:iti::!~~~- -·:.~J.6iTJe\Ul~:~g~~-- ... · i.f'·s't~ll4S· . ., is·:· 11<> be 8.tt$~e,d, : m.6~e ne.ed~ ;t() 'be ,doil~ : to .. Q.!lJ.:t'Uie · · .. •i;p;te;~tie>n!\1~~ :_::a·~~pted t~ia)id$:rd~ : c)f, e:nv:tri>~e!lta:t ·. t1lfil'~~:Y .. that ,rit'leet knowledge qt th:r~t:Jho~da of .. ir:revereibili ~y: •.. ·.·In .. · .

. • Jij . eve~t' ~ow~v-t .•. ;the ;Later th$t' ~em~d,ial' ac.ti()n is imd.e:r;.... .. .... •;!=~=l4~i:~z.!t:~oiot!!~~!:: .. ~eas4re~J :_r~qnired : t<1 : Q~sure · · .· ·-~

... · .. : ·:} ;: .. :· ~h~ie :~~· ~it:ffcul.~ choio•s. to make .. 1~. def·l,liirtg· .. th.e .tq!( · .• ·prio~~tiY ~ti.ons ;~o·en~yare .. t!te ·-oont]Jluirig:p):oo~\ic.l1V~t1. ,'gf,,

. . .·. · ==~~~~;e:~~~~=i!~t•::e~::- :c~~~~i:~·i!uih:. ~;~~!!10:ttiluffi:;: . · ... · . a:~-J?~ndtt:noe.··upon j;~~;' popul~t:Lona , . and e.co$~Eiteme in. quest~on. ·· .. · . ·

. '>_I:g:·a plan~ .. or axdtp$l.·i1JPC~Joiesis .. ·e~ploited. tpr. htm.latl-'S\ib~i'~~-.. . . '$1l9Er •d. ·nq. subii:t;i'ln,t~~· can:_.:toeaQ.ll~· be. employed, 1.-tE( go(?:gi ~~

· · , ·· n~ement ·.·.is :_of·: ·tlle · .highest . prior.i t~. · Oons~rY~:bi.()n: ·ot ·pop'tt:J:"'~ .. · ·· · .tionet e~pl(Jite<L .bN ·human o()tnmu:I1itiee ·. f()r . bo~h su~sist;•tl9~ ·, and :;t;r:;ad~. 'Ql~ .·rate an e_qu$ll:Y h~gh :priority, bu:tf ~e~loitat~<ln . · for ·c.em!fierc:Lal· purpos$tl alone would require . a 16W$'3:' p~ioX'itj.,·

· .· · .. ·Ailot:tie~ tact or·> to be ·.considered . in this connectiott -is the . . 'J;~.Wil:t)er· ()f p~rs6rt$ .. itP.a~ d.ep~nd upon .·. the .species eit,lieZ.. ; f.or ..

subsistence :pr ti'ade~· . ; . . . . . • .· . . . .. • ., •• ' <' •

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· .. · ··• · · .:·.·· iriu'{lmtnj.ru!i.tce of; tln'eat .t'o.~-·~xp:toit~dpopu1~ti~h!~~t?itid. · · .. · ·be. co~s,:td~;r'd ·.in texma .··not· only· · of· epeoi.:f"ie .. · ~eprodu9~ive·

··. ch&racteri~tics ·that. will .. ·affect its. abili t:y to recover; frtQm dep~etion . but. ·also of .. the stable .functioning .. of. :the . ecnJ$Y:EJ-

... ·t~~ _of· which. it ·forms a pa,r:t and .the qv.ali·ty of .tl;ie, env~~()~;.;.. ·· · ment in whi~h···it ex1st.so· · Other things bein,g equal.,· p:r;iori~:y · · :at·tention· should be .given to species with a low repr()du,ctiye

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potential' that are parts of a perturbed ecos::yf;'ltem. :·~!l.d . are . ·adversely affected by destruction- of habitat · or envitonine;n.;._ · tai con:temina:n:ts., · ···•··-~ .

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]1actors . affecting the likelihood of ~li~inat:trig·~.' rs:ct,.;.,; .

r~ssing or avoiding. loss or da.mag€ are t:nuch •. the: . same wheth,er we are • concerned wit.h the survi va.l o:f. sp_ec-ies 9 . the': me~,1n:t~n...,.. a:p.ce · of lif~ support. systems .. Qr :f;he good. ·mana.~(?1tleiit , . (>;t: ix~ <.

·plaited sp·ecies(O !]!~.:mel:y action. aJ1d .p-p.blic .supp9J,:'t .. it\rEt:~he • ·ke:/S·oP;robl$ms ean be. solved mo:t;e quickly.·and~ch~apl,.:y .. ~f·.t~~y: ~r$ att&cked . :tii ti111e; . and :for ev~:ry. spe:qi_e~ , :ana e_co:eys~·~J:Q. . ther~ is a pract-t:cal point· of. :no ;retur:n.· · W:i1lh~R1; publiC.:~ ~t:t~~ : port· no t~(la.mental ~ co'll~erv-;afiion actio~,> ;c~ b:~ ·pegl;lilj ·:)t~t:. · .

. . alone susta1.ned., · · Th~a ·suggests that . ev~J;"Y p~opqsal f.Qr C()~ ... , •. . se:rtir;ation ·act·ion ··must··include ~-public ·!nformat~on·~c:o$poil~D..1te · · O~lY· with: knowledge an,d U;nderstand'ing -is .thei~e a hqpe<· fbr· · · lasting achieve1neht of: conaervat:ion ob.je~ti;~ee.,; · · ·. .

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. . . . ~ourtQ.iri.g a strategy upon a: defini'id.on ':O:f" the ':iutporta.Pc~ .. . of· tbe problems. to_•be.me"!;i we must next: d.e~ir;le '•:'tiifl,u~r~ :Jib.~~ . · priority actions thus determined are to be direc~ad • .;.; !ill~ V ·. are tbe targets? Lasting success· is mo;re likf;}l~ if_ t1;l$,.-ti3,~ · ·

. ge't o;f eonservai;ipn a~tioh is a cause rathe:r ~lian : . a a~mp:t;6m . of. the problem .. : . . . . . . .. . · .... · ...

. i:rilttiitieiioe of _threat to. .imp6r.tant spe_~:VJ~ .·.o:r _:~90·~~$te~ . may den:wn<;l i.lnm.e.diate actiop, but thi~. shoul~.l.\gt d;i:v~rt .. Jxs . . from. gett.irig at tht"::J roots. of conservation probl~ms.,T~.e b~f;:JiQ ·

. cause of cohserva.tion problf?ms · is m~st O._f'ten l@.ck ·.o:f. f.~c.ts' . · ~ack··of understanding, .lack of.' w:Lll' 11 · -~ad = throughout .mQ.st · o:f' the. develop.~g. wo.rld- at least·~ pov?rts .,: , .. ·. , ->. :·

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. · · of the £ol:_tr. r6ot ·.causes noted, · pov~rt.::r ;ts .• of .. ovenvP,e~-: ·. · ming and special importance and I will .. :retU,m .to :.it. _J;e;ter~·.- ·

. Of t}l$ . :other tl:ri:ee fJ .. lack -of :f.ao ts ~nd · l~c~ :of und19r~:t:andirtg · contribute · to. lack of will and are : th'ereZore fundamental causes «;>f lack of conservatio~.. . . . . . . . . : . ' ::·-

·· . · ·· . Here· we, must consider who it 'is that lack:~Ltacts :.>and . l.lilde:rst~ding. relevant to the . achi·eveme~t of :m:ajo;in CO.tif:U\'!TVS~ . tion objectives ... I. suggest tpat. tht? ·sitU:at:ion-. il3 as fqllows.~ ·· ·the . :facts that ma.ny specdes a,nd ~co::(yst.enns ·are •. being. deplet• ed~' :degraded or destroyed .are·reasonably well known. to a

. handful Qf:peopie ·.and. the same· people· .®,d~l;'stand: in ge-ne;;>al. terms the importance o:r· spetdes · and ecosyst.enis a.nd :what:i.s,

· ;requi~ed f'or .their continuing health and atab_ilityoBuii',these. f'acta Eind this. unde.~atanding J;ltl,ve .not been eiffectivel:Y ·· co:m;..;_ .. n.lt!flicateCl. . to enoug~ .deci·sion-makers .. or to enough . of' thqs_e· .

·.who i.n:fluence decision~makera ..... The need,:· then~ is to:· ext~nd. knoWledge and .. understanding . · to those . wl'l:o make pr. i;nf'lue.nce ·

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:· .. g_~cit.~:(()~s<>:• J:~ t$:-lil.l\1S. th~t W~·mtu:rf; .df?flntr Qitr tt\r~et$:ff.)·;t':~ :·~t&}i 'priority ;Jactzi-n*y -~ the .. dtssetnthatlon of infprm$~ton. l!l.fi~ '·.· _ ~~~'~*t~dl,l:lf>~ : '.<>-li · :tlu.t.: ~a~is "'':f . Jdio!!l:e~g~ ·• f1D~ ·. ·~*-d~~1rt:~d-~-~ ,-. ~J.:i' . W~l.¥ '1;6 . Q.()~S.erye , Y~l!;.l . em.e:;g~ · ... ~d. ~e. e:q>;ress$d: . !l,l. law;, p:lJ:blio~·poli.9J' tu;,ul. p~~E!onal · a,ot~on·•-·· ·.. · ...

. ·:-.·.--.•. '-'~,\··i::,.:~~z.~-.-~a~:~~~~t;saP'f -·~n .. it~t>~l~tt.~e __ ··:eni*uf .. tli~re:;:is_·. ' : ~fi\ong,.the .. mos:t; ·t;tf!~e'I1t _oon'ee;rVat;t~nis~s.' '(l•'lf~8i.(iue\c).f W'to~~~-.

. . -._. . · ·._ .. _:·s~:~;~!t:,·t~~i~~!l· !;~i;~i~Elio~;~:~~~;·()~f.t~-*~:~:~:ltf.!t.~~~ . . . .. ·, .. o!'•:·~$g:lonEl.1: a~~s ·on : lob~;tl. lifEr su.· ·· ort s: s1i~m~~ »:u.t '. ·wbat .

' :-... ,·~~~~~· ; .. •getE.t·-~c,.:r.. 9on$e"atioti :al)ti.·c.n':iliuf:Jt ·be: the;_<\e.Qif.i1:ton-m~kere•~n9i··. -· · •· lllua.t:/b't:f.lielped:.•. t.o'O:evelop .··tlie visitJti ··arid ·the wili · so''tbat

. , . • •.•.• ~~;~~~~ ~~~~.~VI Jg •.. efu"b.···~he···tnre:te •. to.gi~Pal' .l~:····.:ppo~ · .· :. ·· .. · ·· · .. ,:::.::;.:Oon:s~;rvta.~±ob:· i:t\ for e:ver.:·and>. oonser.vation a.c~·:Lo~. ·must.

. '·-: . :bf3.:<;o*t;tt).li.4ated_:,~d::.fol:Iowed,·up~!l'l?-t:a- ~e-tion. ~:r t9a~ i~. ~~v~J:t ·

... ' · .s~f4.c1,'~t,. :t~r·. t9Jt19~oW:.A_··J:~J:e~tlix-ougl1 :in .·:P:ttblio :pn~efl!.i'fi811d,. . , ·.. · -~llt:lii'l.l~t ·b~ t.oli.~wed.:b:V·.·tmn.~tarriU.g .P.Qpql,ar.:w:tll' .• ·,:trtt~·, ·liayto. · .

. . li.Wst m9-l;i:ij·1;»e .;enfbrcea; .... l:>U.:t. thel' can be: ~f:feo"!;iv~ly .. eftf:o:t;c~(l · \6~1~.· .,_, pt1f.?lio:un4erervauding is susta.in~~-·· ·· .. A tiew. gen~:r.'atiiin · ·

. .. : i!P.l\t-)nti~t .. il.!.J~o~b. -~-O.wl~(}ge .:.:._art~ _unaez;s~anaing·· appea;-s·_et:el!t! · · · .. 25 ye~~~•: mb.e n~~d.- :to oomtntU1ioate ·~a tfile!lding._ Th~ e:rte9t~:v;...o . . . · ~ne$s:· _q:r :1a,w .a;na. pu~l~c _polic~r mu~1;- he· Ct>I11:iitUiY~lsll' ·. ae.s~(ss~a,;;

. . . ·HQ~ ntf!Y· law. and, p(;lioy_ ·'Qe .:i~prov~d? liow :~h6'Uld: tliey be:. E;x._. ... · ·. t~~~~~ tQ.m;~ei; :glol'J~l- pr()l)l.ems? A _wq.r;ttl. .. st~~teE# fqX;. go11s~:t":-- ·~

•·.• . vat..i.on lJiUSt l):r,'O~.de. :for· .$ontinuib:g action if conservation is . _· -~·o· ·--b:.m ·.a·b·h:OI eved·-· .· =·. - _: • · · ·· • · ··· --- ··

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. , .. I :Q~:i:d: e•rlier: tht;tt the ·problems· . o:f th~ :tropical for- .. · · ·· · · ·.ests -"Sild ·the). 'd.esertit ··could not; .be .solved · u:iiaided. ·.by· the · .

. . ·.CO\!nt~~~ Where 'thei\f· ·~x:tst. ·. · . !ChEr' irefere;ticetJ. W~re iti:dicat;i.;V~i. . . · ~ou: oould · $dd the heal tP. .·of ·coral ~eef.s · aud mangl;'oviif swi;lmps .. . . t.P. )l~me ·onJ..lf .~wo ·more~·; La-ter·,· .I asse·rtea.·t~~t· poverty' is ·of.·

()v,e_rflb..elm~ng·;bnpqrtanee··:. a.$· a t-"oo't; ctaiiee· >of- lack _of· 90nEier;.;.. ·. v~:!;tpn~. ~ 'T~e tjo:· sta!t.entents ~&r ():f'' .. course;. only·<di'ff~X'~l1~ ·. · :.wayQ 'of'.:~~king the-· ~ame po~nt.: $'lid I. Y"~~, to ~ret~ t9 :it<'n6"~

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·... . ... ·· The' ·:atrQ;riges:t. · b.umari ·mot_iv~t:t.on · .. ia· t6 satisfy ·. 1:l~t4to · -nee<l,;J;;·· · 'Lao;tt;tng· sufficient food ·a.n.d \1\Jater .. ,· adeq""ate she~ter · ·· .. • and Qlotliing ~d reaf;ldnable health n.o man will-, .seriously

co:ncem _}llms.elf' ·witl;i :leas· immediate problems. Only . when_ thof:Je . needs' ~r~:met ·.and: life.seems assured, will m:an•s.thoughts

·"ttir:Q.·to ql;lestiQilf,l more remote . .;.; such as·lif~ riext year, Tife for one •·s. 'Child:r;'en' s ohi:ldren. . .· . . ·.. ' ; . . . .· . . ' . ·. ! . . .

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· ~he· primary·· concern· of a billion people is ·snrvival.-

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Their everyday lives are shadowed by the. threats •• of st.~~.; vatioh, disease and natural d~:su:~.sters= Th.e~~ a~e.'J;~e<p~. ··:t;~ who struggle. to. prod.uce a ~k~m~y. crop . on l~n~ ~u9-t.n~:r .• -~~ for c:ulti vat~on ·and. cut. theJ.r pJ:. tJ.ful pl. ttanc~ ox fl;tel ... :f:r;e>:m dwindling forests<~> .These are the people, w~o .a.e:e}cing_, a nl.Qdi~ cum of . cash 11 poach i vor:y e.:p.d rhinoceros horn,· f}ynami'~-~, f;L$}); iil .coral lagoons, . an.d steal ba,by chiin_ps f.rom i;.p.$i:r ·~o~!l~rs~ . ·who can blame them? The;y S1J.ffe:r. fl;'om u.t+derdeveloprnent= · · ....

C~n-~eryat:io~ is mof3t lJ.rgently. nee.ded . -~ those pai-ts. p:t th~ world. where .underdevelopment p~ec:t,ude~ any popp.~~ Uii~&f..,., _;. stan<;ling of .th~ need,. The dominating prerequisite •fo;,: gloh~l .· conservation .. therefore~ is development ~ developmen.t ... th,ti~ .provides .for m,att 8 s basic needs . El.nd:-SEJ..tisfief:J ... his cu+tu:p~ .aSpirations' witP:out depleting r.el:.'fources. ·.or. deist~oyin.$ · .. : .. th~ ·. systE?ms. that suppott life~ The natu-re of svcP. .dev~lopmen:t "':' ·

. it. ha.~ been termed, ecp~development · ~ ;i.s not yet ytrell ,.; wo:r};;ed . out but some princ~ples ar.e clear., By definition, e.cq . .;.,d~Vf=~ lopment conserves ra,ther that deJ?letes resou.rces\ll:a~Q..m~in..., ta.ins r~ther t~an d~grades · the. qua).i t:y ·. of air, soil and water., It is labour-intenaive arid energ:y-savi,~g_ .. I:t explo.iia!l indigenous m~:terial.s and skillf!<> . It is . devt::lopm.e~-t: .. ·tru:rt

. evolve~ with -·the participation of' the peop;Le involve4 and ;is aimed primarily ~ at meeting their neede; rathe~ . -tb,an· ge:rierc;i, .. at;:tng · profits :for others., . If' it is to t:nJ,qce~d. and spread.i; a .· netv sort qf development aid will be needep. to. !ielp it ta~e. h,old. ·and :tt. will require a. world order ·that respect$. •· a:i;ld fostel;IS .the economic E;~.Utonomy of commUni tieS · aS ·Well as: their ;right t'o ·political se1f determination~

.. . · · Consider fO:r- a.· momeirt the case of Madaga$car · as .d.e~ol>= · . •· ib~d by · Joll:Y '(Nat'tlre, 1918, .vol., 275, pp .. 58p....,7.,)ii> ·ot its . · roughly -715 vertebr.ate species~ some 575 ·are endemic; so are. . ·· · at least 80% of i:ts 10 000 flowering plants{!) SiX fam~l,ieei ·o.f plants, fo.u:r of' b~rds ·and f':i, ve o;f mammals are eonfined · to · Madagat:Jcar~ Whe:p li,l.a:ri re.ached Madagascar . little mo:N~ -tnan 1000 ;years ago i .. the 'island. c.oritlnent was. wholly · .. fo±-ested~' .. The. last full. aerial s'Urvey 11 published. in i95.8. ehowed;.2b% :forest cover., · The ke~tn,o.te speakE;lr ·at a consei-vation c:qn~er":o ·. ence · recently · hel.d in . Ta:nana:ri ve e1aiQ.. 99W·e· are .. per:fec'!;l:Y · aware that :nqne ():f ·our suggestions none o:f . qur pra.cti'()al ad- ·. · vioe ~ will .achieve anything for the.· prot·ectio.n of nature, if. .

·. th~ people do. no.t have ·land Whi9h· they. can cultivate. ill per-. pe~uity in orde:" to live'v;,. Th~ D.irecd;o7-"' of Wat~:rr; Forest··and

S?J.ld Con.sezya.tJ.qn, pres~nted . ~ detailed propo·sal for pro-t;·eo­tJ.on of 580 000 hectare~ of parks aJ,ld' reserves., Over half':.Qf

·the ,roughly $2~5 million requested would be used.for the ·:r.or~ · ~ulation of lan<t-:use plana arid .the· development of agrlcultu.:.. ·.· ral alternatives for.people living a.round.eaoh reserve .. A,cc""'

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•·•·• "th$~j>- C}oneeffatiorr _· . ·t~ ·en organi~~1l ta~;~hion · :and_·. fiief a ~att~r

··.·············.~1M! .• •ttiir~f.tr:!eT:!t~~!~jif~~~~:w~·· · 1~~-t. ~lle .. sub;i~o:ti.::of.dta1ot~ttf3 ·.·l:ietwee~ eons~J;'vationoierts ····$ha Q.eve1o:P.ers •... J•. · · · ·• . :: :J· • · · · · · ' -c· · • : · < .

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··. BM"~~~:~~:~~~~$:!:ti!?~: ·¥~~;h~-;;~;:::~'1Ulitr.:~. · :ritr o~r o'Q3ec:t1ves • ·anti p~;r~e~t 9u~.llie$h~$'h$- ·.·to~·:.'fAa:ll$LE:te• ment . of ~~sotU>ces. and . tlie .· el!viro·n.ntent .•- · at ·the intema·'U~tintl.l, · i~t•;L :·w~a-·. t:h~·· :P~q.*9'·, eh.all en:se :_ ~:r· ·th~·::···t!l.;~:r~ .. - --_ ; :In s~J)tem~$r

. ·1979 ·:tli$·.:ln'iijriatioll'lal:'Unio1lfor.·oont;Jerva:t3.on _of :l'lat~':.·<~;Jn(J: · __ -· ·ltatlil'al<Reaoi.Wc•·s ·l:tUoN}~· :·\Vi.th·.th~ -ooop~r.at±·on.' t~r·t.he·.woridi. · .·· ._-.---·-~ .!fitl.~!;:t=~~ ... ~~:~1l~tiri~:;:~t~:~·~g~:a~g!~,*ll!il:.t~r~t~: ·

sS.~d todaY: I lj.ave · fo~ec~st · .t;i_olri~-- ilt . tlie". :·pr:tn&:tpl~s 1;hii;'b. :will · ·.·.be_ enibo~.ied. in· the' .. Str~t.etf"' • WHile .tiru:eb; Wil,::t,-·Erbill. :teritairi, tp

be' doner·t··b'eiieve_t· .tllaiff.the l~uneh. :o-r 'the SlratetJ.·· will . facil~t~te• ~i~ifie~nt; ·· Ertieps~ 'ta:WEl:r~. miie't~JJS :the:h~. ()~$l1e:ng$• . · · . _.I hope we .-may· all t-ake· thqse' a~e,p-s :tog~th~r~ · ' · ;· . .. _ . _·. • . · · :.:~D~V:i(i A•~o; _.:pj;reqt·o:r, · IUON; Wio::tges., .SV.:i:t~e:Plant'l

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·.N,ATUAAt· ·a:tstto:Ry • Mt]sE{iMs ·m:. ·cHiNA._.· , · . ~ . ·. - :,: . . :·. .._ · .

. • ·Fz?~tn :the vi~WPoint>-.: ot .. a mu~.nn:lm -work:er, -~_artd.the. -p~qp~e Who · are .:inte:r,-est~d in· •the ~ork ·of · naturf;l,l ·:·his'boey 'museums r

· · thE! age in which ·_we ·a.re now ·living can ·"Qe· Qfil~ed . "Tne : J..ge . · o£,. the Museum."~·; fol:'·· '8 .lfWge · number .. of museums,: . irielu<J:i;n.t:r nat'Ul'al·b:tstory :mut;teums;, ·that are lieing eQtal;ilished•. Here, I· wO.\l~d;_l_;!ke to··· int:t'odti:oe bri.efl:y the work· of the .natural his• · tory rili.tfie1lDls in Chi.;na.~ , · : · ? , • · . .. • . . . · · · · · · : , .. • .· · .

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. .. Most 6~ ou~ coi+~ague·s abroad are ·ftlmi~iar ·more or 1e$s, WJ.th. works. on n.atural _history carried out . :~;n_. the· insti_tute-s.

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of the Chinese Acc.dewy of Science. (Ac~d.em.i.a Sin.iea), btit: cofu;;.>. pm;ati vely few people know the work being carrie<l· oUt·. :Ln iill~ . Chinese ID\.tSettms of natural history in different pat>t~ of .·the . coUntry.. : . · · · · · · · · · · ·. ~· .•.

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· . •. Ther.e were ,yery · f'ey>~ ·mus euin.s· · o:f natural ·history .• ir!: .On:bia ·.: · .be~'o:re ·1~49,. the best kn9wn of .. which ·W~:rei· ·•'Mu~ee ~Hoangrliii{ . . Pa~-Ho,. -~n T:r.entsi:n, Mu~ee Heude · and RoYal Asiat:r.c .S()Cl.~ty , . . Musellii), ii1 _Shanghai.,Sirice .. the. ;foundi:qg ·gf. tb_t;l. :PEH>ple' a; ~~l>tt~~- ·.· ·

l:i,c :o:f China~ il1J:p:rov:ements 'have· b.een ·mag~ lh :the old ·mu.sel'!.ms·j . and .new ones have. been··esta;blished~---.BUt, so :far ·greater ·a:tt:.;. . . entid~:'. haer beell ·paid> ,.to :.{lqpularj..-zing. knowl~dge ... ; o:t . natural sciences among tl:le b~oad masses· of.people~. · · · .,·: · · >. ·. , ..

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.· Na:turai ·hiatoey mtifJ~~ms :~r~ in Peking, Shatigh~i f1 · T.:t~l!t~ s;in, ' Dai..,•en· and Chungking and in: a· nlirJlber of'. pron.i.lC.i~l~ .cS.p• itals .. which .itl their .museums. have s.ectiona tin• natural hi.st• ors in ·addition to. histor:y and ~rts .. ···.· In addition,. _m~;py .. r..e~ searchinstitutes and universities maintainexhib:t:tion.rooms· or natural history musel:lin, · as the Zool:ogioa1· Ga~lecy in t~e Kunming Institute of Zoology ... and Pe)ring Mali· Museti.m ... ·of. . the;.

·Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology ·.and Palaeoant~opology· and so on ... ~ • · . · . . . · · · · . · . .. . · · . . ;. · · · . ·. · :· , . ·. . .:· -.·;.> : ' .

. . China is now shi:fting the locus Qf· h.er wo~k: .to .the ,pr.o~. gramme.: for the further modernizai;ipner$ ·. To attaiii- t:his·:g6$l~. . the ·museum.s of natt:tral his tor:{ · ha:ve heavie1- · ;rf\ispons.ibil.;tties~ · To meet· .the increat;Jing needs, , we ·are .making· .prepa;rat.~q.ll~\to · o:rgariize · .. the Chinese Assoc-iation · of. Natural H:l.S:t.ory _Mus~\lm

·in· Peking late;t> .. this year.. · .'- ·

. The ··Peking Natural · Hlstory IVIusewn· .,was rip~n,ed. ·. ··~~· 1~.58" Its present building: occ~pies ·an. area of abo~i:; ·10 -OO(J $qua~~· meterso. 1'he peraiaJ?.ent exhibitions have four sections of B.ota:... · ny;. Zoology, J?a,laeontology .and Ant.hropo~omr .• They ,outline. the.··· . origiit and evolut;L.pnary .history of the· organic ·worldi> Peop:t.e ·

. come he:t>e to get acquainted With· knowl~dge of natttral . sc'i• · erica.;· C9mpared · . with manY foreign museums 11 O'i;U;". ·muse.um . >.:ts· only at t~.e · stage of beg:i,nning. And · as ·China. il'3 chara~teriz.ed · ·. b:y }ler vast territory . wi:t;h• vari.ed natU;t'al ~nvirontnente, ·. so . o~r.mu$eum. has ·m~y significant taskse · ·. · . . . . . .

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. · .• .At. prea,ent there are abo:u,t· 15'0 st~:ff. members-, including .. some JO scientists,. 40 .techniciru:t~, 10. artists~. Sinee>th,e . Peking Museum opened .in 1958, it }:ras done som~f works in. die":'! . playing, field collecting, studying and cu:rating. o:f apeci~ .··· mens, including .·those of'· plants; anim~ls and fossila.,The. mu­seum· recei vea · ea.ch year some half million visitors .. ;· Most of them are uni versi t.:v students and teachers . · and pup:tl.s of'·

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tn.':\d&l:~ ·aohotils~ SOmetimes ,our scient;tsta a;re··invi ted to 1ec­t~'re~ :for · train1)1.g classes; . popul~r · f,ilms: or sli,dee shown o:p. vt1r:tou~ .. sup;Ject·J;~. are·· ~rganized .. by .. the museum. · .In addition,· · ~the ·sta:f:f• ·members o:f . the . mueeunf. also . tour .:factories ·. :and ru;..; ral area.~:· ~o::pres~?tn~. th~~r eXliibits,or tb 'give. talks. on su,oh

. topi9s as tiHarm:f'ttl ~i).d usefUl. Inse.cta" • · Y'The or.igin . and evo .... l'Ut.;ii)jl<9f wan" appef:ired on telErvision .· and at the Ohildr~n:t•s

. Pal~ce in Peking., ·· Through thee$ activities. the musetun has

. exp.£Ulded it's service.; . . . ' .

. . · .. ·. A.t;p~eseJ:lt ··t:ne··researoh·wor~· ·in .. the Peking MuseUni: is oa~iQ.d .. o~t mai:nlt ·in ·,tpe · field of . tt)Xono~ ··and· bio~eogl't;t.p~, in ad(iiit~qn ·to tecl1tliql,leS Of tl;lxidermy, etc. ·. .

. ~:fhe i'eldng.Na:tural History Museum· h?.s ma:l.ntait1ed e:x;~ cha:Qge .. o:f sp~oinle11s ··and in:foJ:1ilatiori · with museums. in. oth~r co®,tJ;-iea, al,S.o 1(her(3 a,re exchta,nges .of exh:tbits, fo.r example, ·in' 1~'77, the> ''.A:Ii~tral:tan. "Fauna EXhibition" was :. held in· :PekiD.g~~> SO ·()OQ• pe!Jple V+fJ~t'e<l,. tll.e exhibition~ .·.. .· .·.. . ·. ·... . ·•. :· . . . .

-~ D~,. CHOW 1VIING-OIIEN,. Pl::-•. HSU WEI.;.;.s:au, Pe~il:lg Natural Hi.;,. story Museum, Pekin~, ·'China. . ·

., .·. · .. ~\ ' .· . A LIST:. OF CATALOGUES OF TYPE SPECIMENS

. IN • ZOOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY . . · . . .. . .. ,. . ... ' ' . ' ·.

. .. . . .· ~t the meet~ng of th~ Committee of Natura~ Histora r~us­. etmis iJ.eld in 1965 :during·. the 7th General .. Conference of ICOM~ · . it.· was :de()id~d. · that a· lis.t of' the·. cata1.ogues of ,.t:vp~ · s:peci­

IIlenE; publ1-shed b~· vSX'ious ·tause:ums shbuld be p:r:epa.;red. ·,, . '· .

- . · · : .In 1~68.; '.nA ·Pr~iiminary :. List . of· Catalogues .6i '· T:yp~ · SJ1ecimens ·· in Zoology: a.itd Palaeontology" compiled py .. A.W.F.

· Banf'iel~ ·. wa~<:publie.lied .by . the Romaniap. National. Comn;ti tte~ .in :Buch.areat:. The list.contained•about 200.titles. It has.never been/ cop.~inued;. ·. .. . . ·(. ·. · . · · . · · .. · · · · · .· . · · .· .··.·. · • · : ···•··. ·

.. At'th~:·9omlllitt:t~·e•s · Conference held .. :f.n Vienna in May . 1~.19,: a· de,cis~on w~s inad.e to continue the :J.isting, ··.which is . · to l:le:-'·p¥blishett: contin:ttally . in this Newsletter.·: ·· It is . hoped ·. tll.{\t Wit1t:i,n a Ye.~r Ot' · S()' all bibliographical informat:i;on on

alrei:tdY published catalogttes will. be gathered S.nd.· then. publ-ished l:i,s a supplement to·the :Newaletter,.After.that all newly

· . pup;tie}led ···catal'og\les : ·will. be announced • · in. . th~. Newsletter, being fi~tpplements<to ·the·· basic list. · .. ' :' ' . .-. . . ' " ·• ,-, - ,;- .. - .~. . -. . .

.. ' The rl.sting belo~· contains titles either. omitted by Ban-·field or published at'ter his list appeared.

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It · i~ . v'ara important that all the museums and ·the. read- .

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ers of the :Newsletter · assist. the com.,pil~r in his: work. . If·· :you know of anY catalogUeS 9:f t~pes. of any · groups of ~:p.inurls .. ·• published by any museum or author please send the ·full bl.'b~ · ·liographical data (author, titl3, journal,- _volui1J.e;. ·part, ·. pages) , · to the edi to:r:- .·. of the Newsl et.ter .. · Reprint· oi' these · papers would be greatly ·appre~iat(.l.,; · · · ~ ·· ·

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In v. er t.e brat a V a r.ia .. · ~mal don G ... t D., Heppe 11, K. R. Watt., 1976., T,ype Spee~ens. of In­

ve:r:tel):ra.1;es (excluding- Insects)- held at .the' Ro1~1 Scot­ti~h Museum, .Edinburgh ... Natural History 4~~> Informati,on Series., iv+l18pp.. · · ·

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Wiktor .J.,' 1974. Type-specinu~ns. q.f. Anthdi·o~ :in ·tb.e. Z~oiQ,gic~i . Museum of the Wroclaw Un~versity ... :An:ri,a!Eis zool.,War.sz .. ~ (3). f 29-37~. ·.

M o 1 1 u s·c a· • : . :. . . . •.• 11' •

Belloc G"' 1962., Catalogue . des. Types .de ;Pe;Lec~podef:f du IVIttse$ ·. , oceanographique de Monaco.. Bull.,.Ins,t.;oc·eS:p.dgr.,Mop.aco .. 2.2. · (No.l246) 8pp.. . . · · . .. • . ··.. . ·.. -· · . , . .\ · ,

. Zilab. :A,. 1951<. Die ,Typen unQ, T;ypoide. des :Natttr-Mus.eums Sel'lO'k""' ·· ·· enberg, 4: Mollusca,Achatinidae., Senckenbergif,nia; 32 :{l/4)

. : 39-4 7 .,· . . . . · ... ·. ·.. . . . . . .. . . . · .. · . . . .. .. ' ·, . ·.. . . ~ '. . . Zilch. A~ l952~ . Die Typen · .~ .. e . 6; Moliusoa.,Helic#u:t$ .. (1)"' ·-. ~

ch .. l\-~olluskenk 81 · : 63-83.. ·. - .. · · . .· · · Zilch A. l952., D:ie. ')!ypen .. $.; 8:: Moliusca ~Heliciri.ae f~) ~ ;tbi.,. -

dem. 81 .• . . ··. i 135:"-173~ · · · · . ' : . , ·· . 243-lch A:=i~53;. Die TypEn1 · • · .. .,: 9: Mollusca, C:yelophoridae 11 Di- ·

plcnmnatininae~ ibid,em. 82 .. : 1-47.. · .. ··" Zilch ·A., 1953., Die Typen 7';'., 10: Molhu;Jca~Pl~urodont.i~ae(l) ..

ibidem 82 . : 131~140.;. · ; . · > . ·· . . · . . Zilch A .. 19.5'4 ... .Die. Typeii ....... 12: .. Mollusca~cnauailiidae (1) .· .. :

· P}laedl.lsinae,Nenii:i::u:ie. ibidem 8.3 ·. _. ·· : ·1~().3.. , , • · .. · · .. · Zilch Ae· 1954'~ Die :~pen -;j .. "' 13: '"11Iollusca.,-C~n~1ophorida&~ · .. Cy-

. · clophoriill3,e, C:yclophoreae (1 ),db idem 8.3 .' . .. .· . : 141-157 e~ . Zilch A., 1955 ... Die Typen · • ~.. 1.4 f MollusCS:s~ Virlparid.ae~ .·.· ibi•.

dem.84 .· .: 45,...86., .. •· ·. . · · · · · · · Zilch A~955.; Die Typen ~ u 15: M.ollusca,Oy:6lop.ho;x;i_da~, . g:y..:.

clophorinae,Cyo19phoreae. (4) .. ibidem 8.4 ·.. . .·: 183-210~ · Zilch A,., 1956 .. Die Typen ....... •17: MolluscB;~olpphorida~, CY.-

. clophorinae,C:yclophoreae (J). .. il?id~m 85 · ::. 33-54~· . · Zilch A., 1-956e Die. Typen ... u 18: MQliu~c'i;O;vclophorlda.e, Cy""'!·

clophorinae (4) .. ibidem §2. : 171~196ill . · , •. . .

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Zilch A0. 1946"' Die T:ypep. urid T:.ypoide .des. NatU:r ... lVJusenims. S~~c- . . kenberg 11 .2a . Katalog de.r Solifugen · .(Ara~h~) · des Benoken..,

berg.,;lVfu.seumse Senokenbergiana g]; . {4/6) : . 119""'~54~ ·.. . .

In s e c t ~,~ 0 b 1 ~ o p t·e r a;

Hoebeke E., Re . i978., -catalogue of the Col~optera T~pe.s · in ·the · · Oornell :.'qniv.ersity I:Qsect Collection~.· Beareli Agriculture Ithaoa · 8 t3> g 3lpp.;, . ~ · · ·.· .. ·. · . · . · . .. · · · · · : .. · · · · ·. · ·.

de Ruett~ l'f<~> .l970e. A qatalogue of T:ypea ·of Cqleoi;rtera in the · Canadian Nati'onal Collection o:f Insects~ Mem~erit..,.Soc .. Can~ Noe 72, 1)4pp.., . . . ,, .. . ·· .

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:In~ect~~Lepid~;i~~a.

JJ'rariz. E@ 1952~ D~e. Typen.. tmd ·T:Vpoide. de$.,Nat~Uu!3eums :sane• · kenbe;q~~~ 5$ InsE:H;rta., Lepidoptera,. Pap;ilif)riida.ee . Senck~n=- .

· bergiana 33 (1/)) -~ 23-36,.. . < · .· · · .·. · ... ·. · .... ··· .. ··· ... · · · Fran,z E~ 195'27 Die TyJ;!en ~ •H 7: Insec\1ia~ .Lepidoptera, l?ama-. · . · ssid~e .. · ibide~ 33 \4/.6) : 257-2.62.,. · · .·· · · · · ·· · ·. . , · Franz.· · Eosi '195.5~ · Die~;.vpen ., ~., 16: Insecta,;. LE)pidoptera)T. · P~~.,; ·

ridae., Senckenbergiana biol., 36 (5/6) g 3.39=367,., . .· . · Sohro~er II,ll 1967., Die· :T;.vperi. ·und-Typoide des Nat'Ur-Mueeums

Senckenberg,a .38: Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hepialidae .. ·ibidem 48 (5/6) .~ .>37-344... . · .... ~ · ...

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.. . . -~ n-s:e .c t a .... H lf.-m·~ ):.J.·o :p•t.e~r.a. -..

· · _J;J~~:e~ ·:P.-,iA. Vfii -_. JJJis;· 'n.\~ ·_ ~~·peit.un~ ~:Pota.i · :.d~s 1fatu~M.us~U.W.111 · - .. Seilo"kenb~J::-g,)i~_4,.:>V<?P.- Scheno~~b$scbrieb~n$·· \Bal~c~ida.~.:,(:tns.

·.· -~m:~o~ter~ :·AP,_oidea). '\S,en~~~~b~~~~~n~. ~-:-~.~-:._ .. - ·~>(4!;~~ ·-·.: 3? _4 • . . . •: . -·-···· ·_·· .. ::···: ... ,_ .. .,, .... ,·· .. · ............... .

· Fri~lx' .F-. _1-978.~1. S:fiiu,dieE~ o~ ,Jtviyle~Qpt~r.~. Ic}Uie:ttU~Q~idt;:\~ .; ;aTI• ~he . i~p~t~t~.o:f. ·Pr,Ypt¥1!3 ··and •:o:th~:r;o:mE~:btr~aJ.. •• --~ .:(l:ra:v~nll~.~~;tt! Ei iq,().l-_·:-i!:~!~!At~oBofi~a~----~!ft!'ft~;~=<.Vf~o~law-. -~~~;r~r,st ~:···· -·:-~Q:ts,!tie

•, . .. . ' . . _: P . .:t··~ ~.::e s ·' · · ·

J{liu~ew~~st .·w~ ·_ i96Q~· :-::oie •;~:yperi · litd. · Trpo;.d~ . -.des .Nat~p~~v.~el.lJ!is ~e,rtC,JC.nb~rg, ·. __ a:;~,. P~f:Jces '· .<lhonO.:ricb,1J.~·er:J.- . Ela~lll,9P:P8#:1:~1;1.1.

--:: -_ $ell,~kenl*et.gtta.n.a q~§l..· 41:: (5/~) : .2~9~?9tl ... > .. · _ ~ ••r. ~;:;:::": .. . _- IDor~9rte.s·e, ·:lt,, :l94(). E.~~11oo -a.'Q:i,. ;tipi es;ts:ten~i J?.f3l.:L~. ~9ll.,,ii,.~Q/·~-· · _ ;,~~~ ~~t~i()~ofP;~At: ·Q.C?l R.: MQ.s~o. di-~o~in~-~. l3oll.Mqs~;~§ol.-

. -· · Univ•~orino ·41t (llll : '13.3•144. :.. . · . • ... -_-_. -. :_;:: .:.< · . ·-~o~t:~~e•!,cB•:.l91l\.:i-Ca~a~~go ~&;t ~ip:J.•.:ti~ :P~~ci · ci~.~~~~i:le.o.<9t~. ·-· · ' v!.co .. di ,st:otl&;.,Natu$le di Genov:a .,Parte"!). - Ann$li.-•Mua. --··. - ~!t•)Jto~.ri~~!i~et);~~i.l~ J~, PP• rt_9..;.l!tG ·. . . . ~ . · .... '·, .. ; .. , . .

.. · !ro'rv()nese ~ •. :196-J. · CatalQgo dei tipi ·•• • (Parte II). ·:~.i:J~CI.ein-;. --~n. PP.•Jo& .... ll6~ : .. , _ · ···::. , ___ ....... -- _- _ .... ___ -.. _ ·• .... -.-- .. 'ldriQnes~'-•4J ·19~3· .Qattiiog9 ·dei: tipi .,.,:t!. (~SJ:'ote l~~f. ':li>ia~ni

; ;_- -~· pp.JJ3+-'~Q •.... ' ·-· . . ; . . ~< l, •• ...,. •

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.. l\llerteru; _R. 1922. v~rzeichnis _, d.er T3fpen j.n .d:er h$xape~~~ogt ... • · . -· ._~Q~_$n_··. _--_ Samm_ 1W1 __ ·~---•:_g · d __ • ·f!lf!J __ --_-- .s ___ eJickenb~r:gi,sel1et:l Mu~~nii:m. ~$nc~e_nb~:t!'';;

gi~Btr 4 ' ,1~2~1~.3•. ,. . .: · . . . . .· - -. · ,.':sz . --. . ....

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: '22 1\U:ll\Jls • NEWSLETTER No~ 2{4 )1979

· · Thinocorid~e:, .:f'tereo-rariidae, ·Laridae, Alei:dae., ·.Ptero.Q·l:i.- · . didae, Colwnbidae t PE:i ttacidae 9 Muaophagidae, ·cu,culidae t · .

. . Al:Ytonidae~ Strigiaae, Podargidae; Ny:etibiida:e;$ · A.ego~heli.;;.. · . :- . ··· :~ae.?··· Capr1nitilgidae ~- Apodidae, HJmiJ<l'oonidae, ']jr()eb~liC:.a$ t .. · ·· Gol:i.id.~~ 11 • Trogoriida$:; Alcedinidae,·Momotidae;, _111$-rq-pi~~~,.

. l!eptoE,iotp.atidae, CQ:i"'aC,iidae ,, Upupidae ~ Pp.oe:n,ioulidae.;, .·.·· ::Su..;. ··.· .: .cerQtid~e·, ·<t~lbv.li(iae, Buceonida.e ~- . ea pi tonidae; .. Inqi<)El;t;q~ ·. .. ;r:;tdae~· .Ramphastidae, Picidae.>. ibidem 161 _{1) g J.-...;.3,Q6" ···: . ·

·Medwa::v D~G"' ····1976;. Ex:tani; T:/p~s ·:. of'New ·zeaq.~d . :Bi~ds ,, f:rpm ·:cook 11.a ·Voyages~ Notornis 2.3 (1) g 44-60 · a11d .-(~). ·,:~' l20~l37.G.

stein:P~e}ler J~ 1$49~ Die Typeii und Typoide. des N.atur-:-M.u§e~ms · · Senckenbarg,. 3e• Kritische·a Verzeichnis . von ,Edua.J,".d 1tt.t:P:Pe~ .

. . ll .. ' a ;t;md Fho J-e Cr~tzsc.hmar • a Vogel-Ty.peil... Se:nckenbergiana · ::. ·:;o '(llJl' ti 99 .... 124 .. ··. · · · . · .· ·· .. ·.· . ··. ·. . ·· ..... · · ·. · .· · ste~.~~lj:e)f' J~ 1~~4c;. Die >Typen .... ~ ~1<& ·Die.· T:vnen. der V<>gel-.;> · · .sai:rttrlltm.g v9n ~~:HQ ·von Ki:t;tl~t~~ .J.bide.m .34 -{4/6). :.3Ql~3Q5 ..

·. Wal!;ij'i~:ff~. ff., .•. 1978~ .·· ~ype: specimer.:ts of' .bi~da~Ii ·the Merse3sitie : ·· ,Qoi.iht'Y Mittn:ruili.s {forn:.terl:;{ Oit:Y o:f Li'\rerpool Museums)c .. M~r.,..

· .. _· · ee~.sid.e..· Ootint:Y: Museums.· 3Jpp.. . . . · · • · . : ·. · ·> : ~ • : .· .... ·

. · ~ariti~e!~~(~~t~~~~H~~~;;):c!:i~~'~N~ ... ~!!::ri~:t!~;.~~!:!:~ ·. • . · ·' Br~:t.ish ·Museum. (Natural His~oryJ Publie£\itioti .N"64>651'~ · ix+

. :· 320pp .{ . . .. . ... ' . . . . . . . . . . :. . ·.· ·. . :' . Warren R*ls~l\1!..; ~- C<~~J~O<\tHa:t:Tison., 1971~? T~pe ... s;peci~en$· "o .;,·. V;Olo ·

· >.2t.·.··Passe:rmes.;. i.'Qi4eri1., .Pub.licat·ion Noo691@. vi+76pp., ·• .·· . Wal;>ren ·RoL~:M~ ~ · OlllJ 011 0~Harrison ... 1973 .. Type-Specime~$ e lii" -~yolo

. · 3<~~. Sy.stematie Index~. ibidem~~> Pub-lication No., 716.,. Xi+76ppe

~a 1·a e .onto log i 9 a-Invert e b ~at~ . ! : • -. ~ ' , - - . . . • . . • .

Bi~ttb$:l(ie · R$. 1962.;· p~f;; Typen und T;.ypoide des .Na:laii~PJiiis~uins · S·enok~~b~iz'g·9.. 25.: Di$ Typen d~r Sammlung. Wedekind · 11n~$. d~n .· .. . . ·Fam;:tie!l. O;¥$i;hQplW,llidc:t.e und . Stringopb.yllida.e ·. (Rugosa) e .

· ..... Senekenb~rgiana lethaea 43 (2) : 101-123Q .· · . · .. · .. :··: , •·. · BireJilie:ide-.RQ 1968.,. ;Di.e T.ypen .. 0., 40:. Die Typen der .sa~lung .

·.· .. ··. ·· :we(.t$kiti(t $:t113 · d.er Q.attu.ng PlasmophYllum (Rti.gosa; Mittelde- . · · · . von..:~ e i.bidem 49 (I') i 1.•37 c · ·. · · . . · · · • . ·. ·· · ·

· W[~l~ ··~~- ·19.6~ti·l)~~'!:j'p~n und Typoid~ -~~es. ~atu~lltu~eunia :sen.,k• . . ··c:.·E;,l)1Je,rg{ 44t·~ryo:nidea. _und E.rymidea · (Cruste 9. Dec~p., l sua · ·, :-d~)n'So:taho£e~er. Platte:llkalk~ Senckenbergiana lethae.E:I.. 2Q

. · .. _.[;·4'. ••: 29'·1~~01· ·. . ... · .. · . •.. . ... \ .:J. .. . . .. :J .·. ~ . . . ' . . .

·. li/U:i;lz;.:H~. ·1-~12<'> Diei T~pel). e·e ~ ·49o Katalog-Nachweis der Fis~c~ .·. : .~ythere"':"Arte:n,. ibidem 53 (1/2) :. 81-93o· . '· · · ··. · · · .•. . ~tin,i. E;tt 1971 ... ' D~Ji·Typen und . Typo~de ··des· :Na.ttir.;..:Mueenims .. ·f:;~nokeiib~~g~ 46: Fossiles N~nnoplanltton~ S~okenbe:t-giana , .. lethaea .52 \1) g 115-127., . · . . . .

. Meiburg P@ 19 '!C,Oekentorp, :P.Siesfriedo 19690 Katalog· der ·Tx­.. pen.tind Bel~gstucke zttr' P$l~ozoo*ogie.im Geologisch=-Pala..;.

· ·ontologisehen Institut. der Westfalischen Wilhelms~Uhiver-

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. · .: ·"' .. · .. ·. .. """ .~ . . . . .. - . . .. ..si:yi}~ ·Ml;.Ulip-te;r. _: 1-· Tei;l-: _ Invert.~brata •. Mti.nst •. Forsch. ·aeoJ .• -

... ·:· .Fg:t:~ont. ·~ef~J .• l •. ·a_~Qpp .. · · .. : . . . . . . .· . : .. • ..... · . · · Wa(l.(\~nftct9n. ·J:o.·-j --~.I:K':·yon B~_tter, ~·:oo.~l~nf!J. . ·1-978~ .. · .cat.8logt1$.

.. · .. >-/::;pt· :W:,p~ ~~vert~~~~te ;· PJ.;~~·• and.- .Tta~H~ ·po~~~l~ in~ the R.o .... · .•-ya.].:;_()Jl'ta,t>io lYlttse.wn. Pu'blicat·;tons :ln· Lit:" Se.iences-. To:ron.;;.; ·

· : :' 1to.,; l~l.I)p~ ~ ·>,; :· : · .. · •. ~· . ' .. ·. . :. .······ .. ·, · ·.:. . .....•.. · . . ·• · · . . ·.Zilil,l1.:_,A~.:19.39·~·· Pi~ ·1!:vpen .und .T;vpoide d:~~ !fatltr-Museuma. Bene.:. ..... :: ·:~·'$Ag~~'( 1. ;.'l?ir9y_qz,qa.: ·. ~eno.~enb~~~bh 7~: l,S4pp., .· ·. .. · . -~ · .. ·.· ... . De <R~l>~s: 1n . P.~l~&.p~to;togieq: Mq.E:Je~ • Dp$~l~eXJ;S:f.fil, .Ooll;eq tl,;$.1~73 .. .

• .... :~~-·ll:~ll.i;$i;:rat~d J!~i!.~~Bgue of .i!h~. ~y·p~ CQ~le.c~io~~ .;:or· th~ p._;... _.·. : ~f,l~()~tolog~~l:;:Mufileutll._.9r_· the. U.rtiversity .·of. Uppsa:u~. ,No•l• ,,

. D$ lt~~a.·i.:~ ~q~~~·i.)i..ti&~ lSpp • .. · ~])c, :R~~ri'Et ··~· uo:~-l~_ibidetil lJpp. · · ·. . . · ·

1 . . . 1.? i. i ~ ~ ~ ri 1i il i <> t i 1> ~ 7 v e r t e ·" "' ~ . t a: . ·/. · · ~~i~ti~~:-~.: '--~P. Si~~tri~d •. 197o. Kata:l.:og.~.q.~# ~~Pf!n .. :tind_ ~~*eg~: r , ·,. ~~u()·lC~ -~u~<P.a~ao~gglogie im Geqlogi~ch-P!ll.$oi}tc:Jlp~i~~h~_n

... ·· • · lnstitu.t . der. Westfalisehen Wilh$ltns•Univeraitat · J4uneter •.

. · ... : :tl. ·!f~±-ii V~X'tEtllZ.ata. Winst.,il'orsch.deoi.. Pala.on.i;.. He.tt: 15. ' ' .. : 84pJ>.;' ' •·: (, > . -.: .: : ( .· ' ' ,· : . ' . :. ' < :· ; ' ' . : ..

. Zilch· A,._' 1965.o ·~ie Typen und Typoide des Pratur-Museums Senck­. -~n'b&_rg.J · . .31: Fossile Fiseh-Otolithen. Senckenbergiana let-·

haet;t. 4be. (Weile~Festscl\r.) : 453-490. . ·' '· ' . : . ' . ' . '· . . ". . ' . - ..

. . . · .· ·... '. :· :·: -.,-. . .. · . ·~ ' . . : . - .. :· .. ' . ~' '.~-- .·

. H9W. T~·ey·~ V\fork ·_ , . :-.-'

· .. ,: .. ;~otmAWl,. c•ad.a. ·· · ···_All· Arctic.· oasis: · Th~s ·. eXl1ib.it :of· ·.l:>ll,()~~~ptis~a.: text. put together .bY Stuart ·Maodo,nald, ·· -,-~h~: . mu.~:J~~S: 0tu'$.~or.'.of., $thol~g;y, iia,;a star:t~d its to_ur. of -~rqpe · ·

. : . in:. ~~~f F~ti,.a~~p~bJ:.i~ .·of :Ge.~~: a.tte~ a ·brief yj._sit,·~() ./lsll: ... · . ·.. ld.tab~d, · i.U 'the U c,:S• S·•R•. The exh:t.J>i t ·takes · ~ very . $en$.~tive . ·: · :1.961£ at· .A.l'c~ic an:i.mals' ·and niE\kes ~- .p_lea for. A:pctio pl'eserv~.

· t:f.o*:.-~1; is \now: ahoWli tr.L· the .·Vienna Museum o:f ... NF;~.ttiral .. HistQ~. . · :~ :S~~ls -~I);d .Sealing;-. t.P,e museum f~l t $·obligation · .. to .

. . take . ~ ~em<ttion~I> lqok at the . seal :Qunt; i~s ·practteefi ~d f!ff(;lct$.,. 'l!he .~X:hibi t was . on view at the mus.eum for .. si~. mo~ths. and .has rtQ1rc- be~n.its tour. qf ca.11ada•• ··:. • ... ·... .· .. ··· . ·.·· . · • ·. Min,erala, JJh;~tals ~d Man:' the story ·of minerals and me- .

· tale, · · the.ir ~development and. use hist.orieally : · and ·their itn­.portaiJ.ce.·to the ca.nad:i,an.eoonott'cy are the subject of an e,Xhi.- .· bit ... cl,lrrently on diapl~ a.t the museum. ·It i.'s also signifl:-

. can-t· in it·a: te_chnical descriptions. o·f d:lff(!rent mining· ,tech.;. .. niques ae well· as the. extraction of metall~g;y.

' . ' F.Hugh SPHULTZ, :-Nationall\[useum of CNatuial Hi~ltocy Mu.;. · ·. sellll1 ~ Ottawa, ·· Canada.;

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BASEL ~ Switzerland.. The new. · perman~n;t · . geolQgi~$.1 e:x:hibi tion 11 The Earth" in the Natural Hisiior;v Museum; Basel-~ 'J,:he moment to open an e:x:hibi tion' about' th~ earth seems. :fa,.;.; vourable.;> Earthquakes are in everybod.y~s mU!d ~nd,.thE!.publJ.c. is almost certain to want to learn more about them• Roweve:t-, the mc>merit is not onl:y favourabl. f'or that .reaf?OJ.l.; '· J,. · :few .:yeffi:'s ago . the theory ·of. plate tectonics. waf:l· fol"nlulat.ep.; . a · theory that ha~? given a gJ;>eat deal 0;£ impetus to ·.tl:lE! se.iene~.

·· 9f geology.,, .'!luring recent years it hafi been .po:a~i{b.l.et :.1io gather convin.cing proofs to confirm 't>he hypotheses.--· ~he tim~ ·, ' has. ther.efQre come to present. the new geologipallth.i:hk;ing ·.·:tn an understandable way$ ·• : . . . .... · ·. · ...

Geology ·cannot be made· into an exA:ibition eae,il1: -~~~ oaus,e euitable objects are not r~adily a.t··haJ1d bu1Vhave to-- · be collected specially o A], so, geology .c~:nnot be. dispJ.~y~Q:, ,by a miscellaneous collection .of rocks · .beo~use ro~ks .. by· ·thel!i.-. I:'Jelves d9 not mean much to the layman.. To m~e :them .fi1PE3~k: . arid.· in o~der to be· able to put them . in .the :framewo_rk .· ·Q;r ··;t.··· .l,.qgica.l . £rto~y !~.other m~an.s have to be. us~_d<& Tms. fact if:l b~st. exp;r'$sSe:d by a few. figures: only 97. nat;ura,l .objects are d~$~. pl~e.d. iri. the · eXhibi tlon~ . To explai.n these~ . J5. m()d~ls·~ .1.30 photographs,· . 35 reproductions EJ.n4 136 gr~phics· werE~. need~d.~. -In adqitioil_,· there are 3 short ffim13 designed to 'ijf;n) thE·r'$1...,: emerit of motion iri order to put certain aspects ·. in a-. cle.ar .. geoJ:ogioal context,. · . · . . · .. ·. · . .·· . . ... · . .··

~he most important point to. which we .. st:d.ve-:. is #'.o;r tp.e new exhibition to pre.sent clearly a subj~ct which is ri.ot :.ra~ miliar to most people.., We hope that a large publil(}.~ will havei · ·. access to·it in order to spread more widely an under~tanc},fng of the.processes taking pl~ce in and on the. earthi». For :this purpose the .. story . of the exhibition .. is div:i,ded into.:.; .. rpain p~rt~: _ . _ _ . _ , . " .: ·., ·< .. ;

. First f ·the. :,interior of the ea:rthv :J;ts ·laye~ed. stl:"l;Lc;tti;re~ and how it .is possible to obtain in·formation -aoo:u:~ it·, . ·.; •·

·Second: the earth's crust which is a thin ·skin .embrao~ ing .·the glqbe arid its component crnatal plates 9 ''tha:t. mC.ve ' . relatively t.o each other ··. · . · · . · · · · .·. · ·. . · ·

' ' . . ' . . . ' . ' Third:. the mo:re :familiar ·surface of .the earth wi'th it.s-

. geoj.ogioal processes whi·ch can be observed· dir~ctly Q . ; ' .

· . Dre· Peter JUNG~ Head, Department,·. of' Ge.ology!) .· Natttr~l ··. History Museum,Augu.stinergasse 2, CH.-4051 Base1 11 _ Swit.zerlan~ ·

Requests. for Cooperati(;nf . '

· OTTAWA, Canad·a.. · The National· MuseUm 6f Natural Sci.:... e_nces has. r_ecently e·ompleted t:Vork on its Acquisition Policy"' . Although the procedural man;ual .is not completed~· we would be inte·rested in exchanging policy papers with other inati;tu,;,.

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.. '1ai.o:na. ·. W~ a:r~ also working on_ a new publ:i,cat:lq~s pqlic:y. ~liP.· wciufQ. appre.q.:i;.ate. :t,'ec~i.Vil1t£ ,·COpies .. Of polic'ies . Q.evelope(i_ 'pj"

· o1;l1.~~ ol'g~~i~atiohs •. F.Hugh ~CHIJLTZ,National Museum <if Batu~ · . ral ·History :Nfll.13eum,. Ottawa,· Canada. ..

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· .. ·.. . OT!CAWil.i ·o~a.aa •. ·· .. · · -·· Tlie }\lat:i.o~l MuE!eUD1 ·. 9fcNatu~e.l_~-6~~ . ~no~$~,~a$ ·bb't$Pl~d ~ wpole speoimen :_of ~em.9cbe_l3'~ ()or!.-ae~~i ·

. J;eE,ii?~E)~back· Turtle& .-•· A oas'fi· Will be. made;: :ror- ·-d~Ei:Pl..a1 pti2]>~~. · . · ~es ._. a.na tiie. _sp.t9eimen . 1 ts~lf kept for r~_~ea.r(lh purpof3es~ .... · +P~

. t~rl9st~d discuasi9ri•is -invited by Dr •. Jrran.eis coOKt :-ouratdJ:i' ·.· ... o'$.'ile_rpf3t?logy~-··<·. ·· •.· ·'_ .. · -~ -_· .. ·.· ·_. · _,_. · · · '>·· .. -

.,_ o..·:~f.· DALE ltu~SE~, qne.. <;»!· cah~a~~s .-for~mo~t ;P~i~o~$~i9j.· . gi~ts J;tas ·returned from. his: third invef3tigtttiv(\j: triJ>/ ~-,A..~~ ,. ~!~~_!:.'J\~t1p~~U;~g.'to·' D]l• _Ruas~IJ.·•a .rec~nt :findi~$BI-~~~ni~~:~ ~~d,·

· Oemada.:• a: ,:Qitio$aur :ra:t-k . in.. Al.b.erta~ . have ver, .. simila:r : ve:t.-te..­. bir.at~. ~o9~tail~a~e~- > :O:rit.Russe:J_l··<!Jils, .. also .. looking • at __ .. Af-l-ieliJ,;,~$ .

. ··a. ·pQ-Ssil>l' lpe~tion/: fqr a fo:ctbQ(ji'ning· :f.iltn. on .. J)3;.nos~u~EJ~ .J;lio+o@l tt'f'b~ .. P~oduced'b:Y• df1fta9-il.·• Ef ~at:ional :Film -Bo;?lrd.;; :~ · ·

· · ·. :~:--.~k}~ri:o~·~Q~:.-0~!~~-: .. ,~~ Authoritative.manual f()r·.~:t~~: ideri-tif:tcat-ion of· Canada* a flora, arid an ilivaluable t.eferen~e on~pl~~ ·(,list~ib'c.i~ioh..,/ Thti;! four volumes··. are S()ld :as a aet · (1131.-()0. Oan$di811·-eurr~no~). The · i'irst thre~.'. vo.lum-e~ · ar$ ~- av;;.. · .

. ·• ·$:t~tible:~mrned]..ately, volume .4 · t·o be. published ;bi 'J'Wle.-··_.;,:;: · . . ·,' "' . ; . . . . · .. --~. : :~-:--. ::. ~; . _._: •. <:. . .: . . . ; . - . . . '; ' " ". ·.. . :"· ;.. -. ·.'

· < J. ·El)IBLE WILl> .PLANTS :OP .OAN!DA (~ seri~s) ~he fi;t>~t two bo6)(e ~_this $.eries/_.:Edible GarO:en· weeds· c;f Cailsda {$8~~5)

<and ; .. 'Wild Oot:fc;~e and .. ~ea Substitutes· o:f Canada ($6.95) .have. · ~b<:J~m r~l~ased;k. · '.fhe iasii '·two books;· ' Ed:Lb1e Wild;, Flf!;tits. ancf . · .. Nu~s-o:f_,Oa.Ilaci~ . and . ,E(l:i.~le Wild. Greens· of· Qanada1 ·-_ will. ])$'

publ:lshed. ~n.-1979: and .. l9·ao_ :respectiveJ,.y. __ Each· b.ook_._is &--:Pra"" c1fical .gt:tide t.q a wide .range_.ot wild ·foods and a collection . ·· o:t imaginatiye. ·recipes for th~ir· pre_paration. ·. · . . . .

. ·. · , .·/ ··:~ ~ora; ,::oQ~Ts oN THE Nl9WS:tE:TTER · .T}.le ••. Ne~sl~tt~:r· , _is .... e;xti.-emely ··:int.ereis:ttng ·.and, in:formative.,; Prbf. Dr.· Minohen (JliO\V •. ·Dep~t~ D.irf)ctor. Pekif.tg Museum :o:f ·Natural Histo~~ ·. . · .. · · ··. · · ·· .. · · , . :i ·alll···in. rec·eipt. <l:r the · !COM ~~~urS:i _· Iii~~o~ Mua.etim~l

·. Newsl~tter,·: No.-2/1976, · and would. li.ke to take this opp()rtu ..... nity'to oongtatul~te· you·- on its. outstanding content~ ~nd

-· pr~aeri1;ation~ -·_I'· am ·:sure a tremendous· amount of work ~as put into ·1 ts Pl:"eparation, · and the results . a:t"e indeed. mc;:st en• ci)uragi:ng..;;Congratulati'oils once aga;in. Mr.• Luis MONREAL, Se-cretary Gene:t'al,. IOOM. Maison de 1 •UNESCO. ·

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Recent literature · .. : ..

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In this column journals!! newsJ,.e:tters and si:mil$r p_eri.o ... dicals published by the m~seume. ()r their .. aasociations '. are.· listed<> In the :{'uture the scientif'ic·periodieale or s~ri~ls ~ill b• listed h~re as.well. · ·

WHALEBONES . .. Published quarterly by the North

· · Natural History~ Editor: Alexa. c ... Williams .. Annual su'Qacription: · ... Ed.,.addrese: ~o().,Box 27647,

c~rolina .State . MuaEnini. of . ., . . . · ..

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O:n. request. of our readers this .],iai;.ing of ~nnft~i .0;& PE:!~ ·· riodical report.s published by. the ind~ vidual museum is ilitl-= oduced. The· 4irectors of the t11uaeums are-.requested to .se.nd their .current reports to the editor o:f the Newsletter.. .·· . ·

Repor~ of the Aust~alian Museum Trust for •. Year· end~d JO·Jl!.tie". 1978. ·(S)dney) 1979., lOOppe . . . · . ·· · .. · Au.etral~a.

Tasmanil'3,n Museum and Art Gallery A:nriual Report 1976.,;;~97~7~ •. - 32pp •. ·.. . .. . . . . · . . . . . . . . . · Australia ...

Landesmuseum Joa:Qneum~ Jahresber:icht 1977, Graz 1978• ;t8{)pp~a ·. . · · . · ·. · . ·. · · · Aus-tr.ia .

FUndacao ZooQptanica do Rio Grande do Sul. · Relat·orio : 1977~ • Port'o, .Aleg;re .1978 .. 74PPe~ · .. ·· .. · .· · .· . · .. ·. Brazif ·

Soutlil~nd Mus~um. and Art ·Gallery Anriuat. Repor~ · i97:6..;;1971s · · .. Inve~cargill~ ·r1.d. • .18pp.. · · · . · · Great Britain

The Museums Tr~ste~s.of' l{enya., _The NatiQnal Muse:Um ·R~poi-t :for the period July 1974 to June 1977. (Nairobi).· 84ppo · .·

.. . · . . . .· .·. . •· .. . . · Keny-a Det Kgl •.. Norf?ke. Videnskabers .. Seiskab . IYJ:u~~et · : .Dil'eksjonens · •

Arsberetning.1976e Trondheim 197,7., 86pp ... ' ... ·. JJo~a.Y ·. · Durban Museum and Art Gallery Arinual Report · for . the· Munie:J..~ ·

pal Year 19.77..,1978.. 14pp.; . . .· . . . · , South .·Africa . Swaziland National Museum Yearbo9k for 197·6 ... Lobamba 1977 ..

•. 6fpp .. · · .·. . ·.. · .· ·· . · S!Yaziland · Goteborgs Naturhiai;oriska Museum Arstryck 1977 •. ·. (Goteborg) .

n .. d., )Oppcr. · · · · · .. Sweden Arizona..;.sonora Desert Museum Annual Report 1977 ... (Tucson)n .. :d~

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. . Natul'{:ll ~sto~~f MlJ;seum of LQ$ _Angeles Oou,nty .Bi~IJlii~i-Jl.epqt-t · · · . 1973..;.1975• . {:~;!os Angeles)·· n. d •. 5~pp~ . _ ._ i .. J1n:i1Jeci Sta1fes · l\11ri.u~J:ttepQl;~ ~ MUife:uttt:. ~f PtiLleon~olqgy. ·univ~rsi.ty . ot: .Q~l$to~

. _·. > il:t..~ .l976~l9·77~: (ln~rkel~y) n•4.~. 48.PP•: . . . , Mn:i.ted St~tes. . .·'.f!he·.:·O:ttallen~~- 61: ,Ohang~: b~ Rola.n(i_ w~F();t'<le• · Bt1~D.ice J;l~.)~i~!t~P ·. · · ·. ·· M~"~up~ Mi~W~~ ijep9;i:'ts .. ot' th$ Direoto~ •. July 1971-~-~l:Y ~~75~

JHon.ol_U:lu) 1971. 57pp. · · ·· - ·. -trilited·-Sit:Ltee, · Fi~l.d Museum ·of NE!iturfitl ·History Report 1975/1976. · .~Qhi~aso) . n!t d~ BODp. . . . . · · . . Un.i tea. ·st~ji~s . My.seum · ~f ... ~!Jc:t:enQe )lfuiu~l Report 1976-1977. (Bost-on) ·~ .. d. 24pp • · . ·... . . .• -. · · ·. . . . . . · ·. · - · ·-· .·_. . . · ·• ·. . · . · · ... · · . United Stat-es, .

· 107~~s~~:i· ;:lW~t<~!~o~;~-tli!~~Y~~~)J~:.l-·5l:~:;·~~j_~E1~ : .... ·, ' : ;< ·:,, · _. · ;_ . . ·.··. ·. . . ·:: .•... _ . .. · .. · •· .. · · .. . Vn~te4 st~tee~ . · 31:11¥ '.1~7', t)i~¥:gP. JW'le19'79. R~t;u~arch R~port: ~d 'l11bl:Log~phy , · · .. _ ·>· ~e:tican: Mu$~Uin ()f Natural ~istory .(New Yt>:f'k) •---~_1t.~~- J_ AP:P_ .• _i ·• .

.. _.. . .... _.· · .· ··_ · . · · ·_ . ·.. __ . · •. United State$ ·· ..... _- 1:\l@E!:tmt A,et~,r.~·'ft:te~-.: _ D:tre.'o~(lt• s • :R.$pqrt or. ~~~- cn1.'cagc;i .J\~ad~my · .··. , ·· .. ·Qf Scl~n9$.t!J. :·1971 (QJ;l~cago) · 1 'U>P• ' : . .. _·. . · Un;i.t,ed,. S't*lii~Ei • :_ Sft1ith~on;l.~.-:Jf)~t'• ·1978• _·S"Va:t;em~ni; b~ th~. See~eta~- /l!oJ~it .

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. · .. ·.· l>.IRECT()RIES~ .BIBLiOGRAPHIES,_ E~O. : .

. . . ·4~ne:.:-ti~l~ onti l;>ooka published ih 1978 and later are · · r$viewed· in .this column. Books pUblishe_d befo;re i"97St .are·

·onlY.- lii!ted. .• · · · · . ' ' . ·.;: :'·. -·'

Welie""tStrand ~. 1974.-Museums in_Norway, Oslo. -The Royal Mi-, nistJ!.,Y'., .of l!'oreign Affairs. 48pp. .

Gayle:N-191S.·T~x- Museum Directo:cy 1978.- Revised }i;4ition. . ··. Texas ·mstorical Foundation and the Texas Histo.rical com-. " , mie~ion,. 1Qpp-. .• · · · ·

Amett · B.. H •.. (~-~)..1978~ ~he .Natura1;tsts • DirectC>:cy .. and .A.lma• _.· · ·· nac · {h;.t~rnat!onal) •. 4Jrd Editiqn ~1979-1980. : Bal.timore •

. World .Na:t~al· Histor.v PUblications. x+JlOpp •. · Paperback. · :Pr:t_~e ;i 12. 95.: · · . · .. -·.· · . • · · .. worldwide .

. . This Dir.ectory is 'divided into thr.ee pa~ts •. Part one deals . with~ey& &lld tables. for the •arious features of persons listed .Cs.llecial:i, ty ,_ .. -geographical distribution, e.tc.). · Part two .. i~ an,. al.Phl!'be.tical. li.et ·of. Naturalists of the World . (58 pages), and a list of i.denti.f'iers. i·n various groups of animals .and plants .'Pa~t three liet_s . ·the· museums and zoological and botanicai ·gardens, .fie-id ~;;ta:tion$ and preserved .areas and, surprisingly e.r;tough ,some. short articl~s on lacewings, life in a water-tank, bark-beetles . . .

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andc:i;cadas. Lists of periodicals and leading b!)~ks on ~atu:tal -history close thi..s rather peculiar direc, torY.• .'!'he ·Q.bj~b.tiohs · which a reader may have· refer to the u,nnecessary iij.ciusibn· · .C!f ~liort articles on specialized. en-tomological topics .•. _. Qbje;~·tio~s . ari.se also as to· the GOVerage of the .lists O.f people~ In·4SE:Um$ / gardens and periodicals. This coverage ·is· st.il1 .tat _.·from· . thi!

. international scope. Perhaps :i,t i$ .due to :an· insuff:i<):i!=l.~t ·pub);_~ icity gi;ve.n to this publica tioh.' :J:iicreasir:(g efforts ·to,. gaj:n' ,.riror.e .

··entries .·and more titles and a<:: jres~es shottld result:. in.~ wig~~ and rE1:ally. ~epresentative c~ve~age of this :~se:rtir d~r~ctor)<~w:.R:..' ':' ' . .. . - . ' . . -·· ' .. ·'·

· Olney -Ji>~J-., s. (~d)·$· 1978... 1978 · Intern~tionai .-Zoo' .:>~~~i>O.~tt~· · · vole lB ... London. Zoological Society pf. Londo:tL. -~+46.2pt;~·- S4. ·

photo~~-·dl()th .. !'rice £ 14 or $ _28. · .. _ .· · ,',::V{()_I'l:d,Yi,de -. · · Cloa~ links ·between ~he-.m1;1seul!le ~n~ the _z<,>.~s ~r~ .wt;~il ~~~n ·. ·

<and ar(;! profitable. for both partners.. Fo:t- this- reas·ori :,an int~i'ri~ · 'atiqnal ·zoo. annual ·should be of .i11terest to th$·. mus~~m _peoJ>l-~;/· As lisu~l- the. present· 'yea.rt~ook cons~~t$ ·of a_ the~ati.c ·paJ::t;r d~-~ ... ·· oted. this time to penguiris .. a~d- il~ew · q-ev:eiopm~nts· :in.. ~ijE!·:,~oo.­world"· _including breedipg. husbal}dry' h.a1;14-re~riii'g;. cp_nsetva~~oii a.nd e!fucation; ·.'fer':! usei'ul is ·th:e. iast · i3e~tion. givJ:nt tbe .aaa:r_­esE,~es a~d recent information ·on. al,l the zoos and. aquarium's of the world. -.WR.... · · . . · · · · · ·· · ·

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World Di;r$ct.ory of National Parks ·a.;nd other -l?:t-pt~c·t·e~ A:t:e~s . . . 1975=77 o vol ... I (A..;.K) vol .. II (L'""Z) ~ Compile~ 'by tne S~~re.ci. ..

taria.t · of· IUCN with th(3 advi_ce and· guidance . ·of the·· o.om­mission on National Parks and Protect.ed Areas Morges~ Ih~ · . . ternational Union for Conservation of' Nature · and Natural · Resources~~~- 647 she~ts, loose..;.leaf, bih4.~rso· Pri~$- $; ~~t'·. .·

· · · · Worldwide ·. . ' . . . - . . . .

. This ·very important directory. of ·nationa.i parks ·:_ a~d· P¥'97 _.· teoted areas. of the wo.l:'<J.d offering exhaus.tive info.riila'ti.en =·on· each ot· the objects dis~U.~sed 9 is an :iridispens~bl_Ei · a"id ... for 'Ita• rious types of work, .expeditions etc. It is a. pity thilt it is' ·:not yet compl~~e and f?Ome countrie.s are. stiil. missing--~;;.. .riD.~­:tand, Germa.i:i DemaR~p. and Poland~. It is 'surprising .that •ex~~tly. these col.uitries did not ·supply the IUCN with the ·information ·rlil.:: quired~ Th.e Direct·ory covers 59 countries. on all ~o,;tinent,s·. it _•. should be purchased by the .libraries of al.l _natui-'ai history 'mu:..' s.etims of· the world •. -WR- · · · ·

Gozmany L-.. _-·1979 ... Vooabularium Nom:inum Ailimalium-Europae Sep~· . . tem Linguis Redactum.., 2. :vols .. Budapest<~> .Akadentia· ·Kiado~ ·.· 117lpp., ·and l015ppe Cloth., Price $ 200o ·- . . . · ·· ..

·. This is a. dictionary in Latin, German, E~gli~h, .Fr-ench,Hun­garian, Russian and Spanish -of ani_mais .in~a'biting .the s.rea .· of zoo geographic Europe .to the P"ral Mounta·ins and th·e Ural River

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western shores of the Caspian sea and western slop~s of th~ Gau_. · ·

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~;:a~u~., ;The~e .ar~ ·1ao?6. ~~tin ·n~m~s with their equivalents in the si:~ ~b()ve, ~ent:tqned .. language~~ It .is to ·b.e pointed ,out t}).at ver­

.·. nactila:i;', ·C::ol.loq~ia.l aA4 'ven diale.c:t names are ;i.nc1ud$d. For. in.;. .• :>stanqe, char~d.riqs ~;i~~iC.Ula· has 22 ·narpes 'in Germail;33 .iri En~;iifilh, .. · • 12 .l;l!·· Fr~nch, 4 in Hungarian,. 2 in Russuiin and 15 in Spanfsh •. Of

. coU.rs~ ··~ot •. ~11 .. S.Pf)c~es.b·ave ·su~h . a number ·or. names quqted •. ·An . ; .. a;p:penc:li~ .givjis' na.~e.s' o:f all: 'zoological tax~' anotht:tr one quotes

. the.·· ta;ionomiQ· orti~r. Qf. Re gnU$. Animale d6wn . to · the families~. Vo­;um~ .two:,contai~$ the n~mfis . 'in alphabetical ()rder in· six ia~gu­

·.ages · ··with: referencE!' numbers •· ·. t·o the La tin names : o:f volume one • Th~s. irniimnuiu~h worl£c.ab.euid renc!er go:od s~rvices to .zoologists' and :should bt'i ·at hand ·.in. ail reference libraries~· -WR-' · · · · · .... ·. . '. . - .. . . . . .·-- . . . -·- . ' . . .

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· .Bl:-ocl~' }!,;J., ·1976.· l\tb,si .. Delight. 9£ C\lriosit~ •. ·· .Toro~to/Buf.f..:.. · •.·.·· .. a,l.Q/Londp;l•· :U11:tver$ity. of' ·Toronto Press. x:L,i+l3.l:P.P•21· ph-. otoa.:,· .. Qlotli.- ·No price.~" · · · · BotaiW .

. :t~ .'ilci'ok~, 'which· are to' popula;r.ize any .bra'nch of biol,ogj' or .· ... ·.·group. f.? f.; animals· .or :pian ts· · the .ati tho·rs usu~lly try· · to in te·,rest.

·.the readers. by Qff~ring ·them various curiosities and .in'teresting :· f&_ct.~ rtifer;t.:ing· t.o ·the group discuased•. The· author. gath•red · .. -El lot .. of. eucli ·iJ.nt.eresting peculiarities and, moreover,.·· provided

. ·his bo'Ok w:lth)itlei; of chapters t which •sound quite s~msational: "~un.nerf in the fU.ngus. world", "Soils Dra.ma '·', "The at .One · that

. gre)wsn. or i8T}lt;; mys~ery· of the wateio~gunn. All this is 't(} encour-

. age ~he xieaders to. closer :study .of the world of' fungi. .It is Et

pity that t;he 1J9()k ·ts ~o ihsuf.f:l~iently illustratecl. M.ore and· larger photographs . .;tncolour would add. much attract:lon :to this

· iJi.t&re~ting book~ -AN- .

Giersberg H.., t ·Po·~etachel. 1979 •. Vergleichende :.Jl,nato~ie ;der . -:wirb'eltiere., .vol.! .. Second. edition.· Jena. VEB Gustav Fi­

. aoher>.Ver).ag • .302p·p.77figa. Cloth. Price·· nM 41., 7CJ~ . Zoology . - . . . ~ . ' . . . ' . . . .

, : The second edlt'tion of this .fundamental book on comparative a~atoiD;f of Vertebrat~s •. :is welcome; Volume one contains three

.. parte dev6ted. to the body a over ,the sense organs a.rid the nervous , syst~m:. The •lay-out of. the book is clear, the illustrations well: chofien,:~ the text, is concise and limilted . to the essential pro b-

. lelits •' .. The book is a useful tooi not only for university student$ b1+t a·lso fo:r muae_um workers.. Volume two was published ·in 1968·,

· the second ·edition of volume three is in. prepare tion• ,..WR ..

· · Gooders .· J o •· (ed) •' 1978~ The Orbis Enc:yclopedia of Birds .. of Britain and Europe. VQloi. Birds of Ocean and Es~u~ry. London~ Orbis l>Ublishing Ltd .. viii+264pp. Numerous .colour

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photographs drawings and maps .. Cloth .. Pl:•ice 7 .. 5.0"' Gooders J., (ed) .. 1978 .. The Orb1s Bnoyclopedia of' B~rds ·of

-- Britain. and Europe-; vol .. II.. Birds of lV{ountain SAd Moor. .... . land.. London.. Orb is Publishin~ Ltd.. viii+2.64pp<r. .. · Nume*qus. ·colour photographs, drawings and maps .... Cloth"! Price .. _, 7~?() ..

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Th;is fine series of books consi,sis of five vol.tiiJl~s. bf whi<:h . two first are review·ed here. Volume Qt: e. opens with general-. in for ... mation on bird classific~tion, habitats and identi.ficatipn. :tahr on the following groups are discussed .t..n detail: divers ;arid. gte­bes, marine birds, . wading ,birds, _wil~fowl. Volume ·tw9 e~brac~s · birds. of prey, · gallinaoeons bird~;~, c:ranes, · bustl!lrds. arid' I"l;l:i:l.s.; , . Ea eh species is discussed under the following headings:.~ ha'Qita t,.' id:entifica tio1;1, · call, reprod:uc tion; food, di.a'tribut.i~n-:aD:d mO.v_;a.;. ments. Very :{ine colour photographs, drawinfis and !Jla pfi .. well i-'1:-lu- : strat~ the species discttssed. These books are uhu-s:ual in ·one. ·r~s;.. pect. The editor is named; the ~ources of photog~aphs are givl!jlri· , . but what about the authors. ·ot the t!!xt. ·and the a;r.tiat.s'?:' .Their ... name.s are not menti.oned at all~ On th$ other· hand · the --reviewer .•. knows. that the work 'is an English v-er~ion of' the: Italiarl b'f'igj_h~l-. . published in 19'71.written and illustr~:ted by 8 named. p6eple,·. !'by' their names.were entirely omitted in tne Engli.sh vei-sii;'in is'·a':my~ .

. ete'ry~ The. rem;::dn:lng three volumes are.: Birds of Marsh iind. S;hore, . Birds of Heath .and Woodland and Birds _of :Hedgero.w,. and Gard:en~'_-WR.,;,

Jakob H. 1979.· Catalogus Faunae Austriae.. Part XVp .- i _Colepp~ .. tera Fam ... Chrysomelidae .. Wien .. Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 36pp .. Paperback ... Price OS 70.Zooi6€3

This .catalogua. qom.Prises 11 sub£amii±es with 344 s:P~~~e~ o.r · beetles occuring in Austria including thf:dr' distribution.;· bi.bli.;.;. .. ographical· data and synonymy. It is a valuable contribut.ion, to. ·. our- kno.wledge. of Chrysom~J.idae of o~ntral· Europe. :-JK:;;. ·.. · ·

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:kerrioh -G .. J.,, D..,L.,Hawksworthf R"W,.Sim.s (eds) .. 1978.~Ke3 ·w6rks . · to the. Faw;1a . and Flora · of the British 'Isles a.nq_ :N9;r'th-. waste~ EU;rope.- London/New Yo-rk/San Francisco . ., Ac~d~tnic Press.e xii+178pp .. Qloth .. Price 7 .80 .. : . Zool·ogy Bq:t;~:

· .. · ~h~ area ·covered by this bo()k e~b:r~ces the British ·tsles ~ Iceland; Sc-andinavia, the B~nelux countries; . the ·ted.er~l-R?pubiic

·of Germany and· Fran.ce north. of 49° .' . The book· l,ists maii!Iy 'books · but also papers. on identi{ic.ation of various groups of 't.h.e. J;ivfng '

. · world. . The" titles are listed. in systematic order of various· .tax~ · ons down to classes 9 with discriminqtion . ef. marine · t;nid ''ire$li­water organisms •. Also some other problems. like economic. ~igriif­icance, parasitism .etc. are tre~ted sepa.rately. · Some titles, are provided with short commentaries. It is an important source ·of information emb,racing all grou.ps of living arlimals and Jllant's._~~R

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· .. in<f Devorl±ai:i: 'genera ·'Qf,· trilobites• -THe book is well ·illustrated .

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· .. :~l~'.,_:.:'l'~e ·l?(')ok _is .. ari _·e:Jtempl~ry,. mod~rn -c·a talogue. &f :an :tn.sec.t.~-.fam• ' i:ly.. "!"~- • . · •. : ' ' . . '

'. ~i~~::~~ 1~:~·:-'~~~:g"a~ !~t~K~~~~~t~!~~;i~Xtntn ... · .~Je.na• ~·:;:,.. >Gus_1;av F.ischet- ·V:erlag. 748P:p·~ · -a;z· ·:ri,ge •.. ,.O)Joth •. · · :.-:gric~;._:Pt\i 8'6:.: " ·; . · · · · .·: . .- .·. ·. · ·. ; ._-.· ·. · :_ · - . > Pfi;laeo~oology ·

Tli:f$. fuhdliltnen.tiil· W'ork :emb~ac.es:' C~us:tace·a . with se'v.eil . suh•. cla·~-~.:ea·,,'M#T.$~po-da wi t·Jf ~ ~ubo,lass.~s·, · Inseo.ta.. wit}l two .:~ubc_lat;;• · e:~s~< E~hi!iod$-rmata. with tout. e~U:bphyla: -ana· 1.6.> e'laes~s, · .Henr:i.-ch:or-::

:·d~~~- _.,it!) _thr$e ~iaes;,s.• .. ··Al thdl,lgh this :i.S. ·~:.: teX:tbook:, :"~ -paiae6-' ZQQ[t)gy 'it,s .val:U'E)' for ml)der.n. zoologi.id:. :is _cle~r·. a:na. ()bviotie~.:'l'he

.. · :ci&$$'it:toeitlon' a.rid dia:grio$e~ are. ··e$peciall.y ;important. of ·:v·arious · · · ,ta]ca'~' -~his :book is i.nd:ifipensab1e in· iibrar.fes. i>f a11 naturiU hi~

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H~tte~e~~Ni$.d~r~~er· Ao 1978._ Das ·. gross~. .Pf.~pfirierbu,oh .. : . d·er .· ·.· Fische. Second new edition.. Hamburg/Ber.lin. ·· :Pa.ti.ll?arey. · :Ve:rlag. . i2?P:P• 1 ·colour .plate. 182 photos. · ... St.i:f.·f o.ove,r.

< ·Price DM 32. . _ · Ta.Xidermy · · .. · Thi$· is. a mo_dern handbook· of fish taxidermy addre~sed · mai:..

nly ·.t'o professioJlals. All kinds of work are discussed in detail, many practical hints referring to chemicals, tools;. dyes and·

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preparation itself are added. '.rhe book is rich,ly. iill,ustrated W.ith well cho13en photographs· which greatly .tacil:i.:t.ate .th:~ uni.'te.r·sta:n .. .;. ing of the text. Of course much space is o;ffered ·to. 'the mou.n:Citig of ·trophies but in general the book is o:f gr~a,t practical: vo.),1une · to all taxide.rmists working in the museums.· -:WR- .... ·· ·. . .

Robilier F. 1978. Prachtfinken Voge1 von drei · • R:()fitinentett.; l3erlin. VEB Deut.scher Landwirtschaf'tsverlag~ · 415pp ~ 32. :d9"" .

. lOl.l:t' plates, .·. nUmerous photos . and figs and maps.,. Q~9'tib• Price DM 55e · ... · .. ·.. •· · ... · \ , . Zoqlogy

Although th,e book is addressed prin~ipally t6 ~viou.l tu~ii.ts. it is in . .f~at an important monograph of' the fand.ly;Estrd.l.!iida·eo·· 124 species ar'e dealt with in detail.' . photographs and. di.sir:;Lb• ution ins.'ps . are added to . almost all speci..es. • A us·etul book in· . e:very ·zoological library. -WR- · : . · . "·

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Sch~ie:ph~ke <;fe ~. K.,Klimt.;. l979. · Teysanop·tera; .F~a~t~nf~~gl~~; · · .· ~n: DZJ..E? .. T~erwel t . Deutsc;hlands, vo1.66., Jena.., . Gu~t.~:v· F:tso.. ·

cher Verlag., 477ppo 528 figs., Paperba-ck.., Price DlVi 113.; . · . Zoology

Thi,s important book is. a modern taxon'oinic revision .. of the .. Central.·European representatives · of. t:he ora.'~r Thi.E!lan.o,p1;er$~ ·.A .· si,milar revisio·n was. presenteji b,y Her.ni/ll·nn Priesner 50 year iS a·gi:i i · .

but his monograph is rare and largely out of d:a te ~ Thlir · bo~k u~.d.e:r · · rev.:i.ew consists of an introductory chapter. of about 70 p~gfl!:s and .. of a taxonomic part. The authors thoroughly discuss yeri.ous ·asp~ ects of Thysanoptera morphology, life histo·ries 9 economic· i~port;,;, ance, collecting techniques, etc. · Taxon~m~Q ·pa . .f..t ·is biSised on en exhaustiveknowledge of literature and 6.n the authors• own e~p-erien.ce •. 246. species are. discussed in detail. -w:P-. · ·· · ·

Schmidt J.L<t>, D$LeGilberi · (eds)., 19,78.,Big: Ga~e o:fJi()i-th . .Ame~· rioa@ .Ecology and Ma:nagE;)ment., . Harriebu:tg, . Pa~ · Stac}tp6le Books;. XV+494pp .. _$ colour plates, ritimerpus photos; ri·gs and map.s.. Cloth.., .Price $ 17., ~5.. ' . . . · .. . _. · · · · .. 2!oology

· No less than 26 a.uthors . eon.tr.ibu tea :i,nd~~.:;..duaf ·chapter$ to· this book. Part one· deais wit.tt 17 speci:es.of ..f\meric.anbig g~aie species, . part two (13 chapt.ers) discusses :Various topics· relat­ing to. t.he gene.ral pr.oblems of the· game populstion:S, beh~viour·, biotope capacity~ ·etc.· .The book is very w.ell. illustratei:l:· ?i:i_tn fine phot9graphs and ingenious .draWings. and. table$. · .. To the·· m~-

. seum worker the book offers a lot of new' ideas and even ~olut- . ions· r·or the arrangement of new exhibits. -WR- .

Sch.midt. R .. H .. 1977e How to ·Mount Birds., .second .;.ev:j.sed· edj_t..;.. · ion.. 1hporia, :Kansas., Emporia State Press •. 80pp ... numerous figs .. Paper:backe No price" · · . · ·. · .· . · · .

· Schmid t R .. H., 1977.. How to P.'Iount Fish.. Second revised edition .. Emporia, Kansas., Emporia State Press.,Jlpp., numerous :figs.,

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· .. exQ~llent'. photo:g.r;aph.s· •. :tn:. the introduct;l.on' .···the. aut.liors 'offer ',·ccincise. infoiriluat.ion:.on: :the lite~hods· cif id·enti·£ication,· orr the',•iln.:. $tomy .. ·~ncf the culinary. valt,~E! of··mut;hrooms.' •orber·e .. fir·e . ~~ys tor·

.. ·· gen:era· ~n4· sp~oiei!!•·',Di,scuss±ng individual. sp&Q.ies mqch at:tent:i,on .. ·._·.·is .Qff~red to.· th.6i:r.:.miscr·oso.opic feat~ea ' and . the oibtopes·d.n • . . :.whieh.'the;V; iive. :,The,·book .Hr·:addr_~sEu!d .first o-t all to am~teurs, · . neve;rt-he'l~:e~ . it$ excellent :ph<>togto~phs ·•. make, it useful also . to · .• the. .. protes$iotuile. ·.-AN.;. · .. •• · __ ; , _·-... .• . ....

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· ·. Thom.so:n.:· J.M•· :1978;. ·A· Field· Guide'· to the eotrim6n Sea and Est­,.·· uaz.-ir Fi~li~tf &f,•llon.;.trdpical Auetralia .. r Sy(lney/LondonciOol.;;; . . · ;t~n~.~ '144p:P•32 ~colo~ ·-plate~ •. Cloth.No pric.e• ,,, · ·.:·.• Zoology·

... ·~·.·.··,· ..... This 'iei• a sy~Jtem.fic··:e;uia$~to. nef;lrli~ · :3oo· speri'ies· ol-lfi~p.r.;.· •· • eys. s~iirk.s; ra;re ·a:n_d b.ony.tislies ~iving i.:n tem'p~rlitewa·ters.·:·ot · ·: .. th~. ~outhe~il ~6ast$ ol .. .Auslra~ia ~. f,zioin )1ockhamp,:t:oJ1· in ~ueensla'nd .

·.· .. to•· Shark' Baf i~ WesterA A~s-t'ralia ··~· The'·book fs iltustr~ted-with · :.3,:2 .:Platei3· by . .Margare.t .·Se~ior; s}lowing 189 commori.. and rare spec-· .i:es ;n .:co:l,91u:~ .--·.';The. book ·h:as a s~·ries of simple keys • as \vef~.·.a·s

. note's o'n distr;lbiltion; haibltats tind' biolo-gy o£ species· c:liscus'sed~-­. It is a valuabltt'· refer.en~e guide to fish~rmen,-·amateurs and even · to ichthyo~ogists. -AW- ·

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Tinsley ·R .. 1977 .. ~~rueldermy Gu~ide,. Sec(md e.di_tion'~' .. Squt~ Ra.~~: ken~ack;. -N.;·J<!t Stpt:ge:r. P'ublish,ing Co .. 223j_:tp ... 'RichlY illus,.;. .trated"' ·Paperback .. No price·. . . - ·. T.axid.e~

· ·• Thil? -~~11 ;tl.l.ustrat·Eld bo6k 'l.s ~ddr.issed principally : t.o•:th~ . begi'riner:s i:n taxidermy'. It offers info~m.a tion.'·' ··-n,d :i-ns t;ruetio'as ··

on all groups ·o·r ver'tebrates •. ,' It can_ bE;~ of S:O)Jle.--·uae. to' tne .·Pr07 ·. ' fessione;ls in the m-useums but .a .great part of ~hE!I·.book _is ·_aevot',;;; · ed -F9. ~o1li_l.ting of tro;ph~es, rugs ~nd. ~ther ·.buntiJ?-$. st~uveniis.,-~J~ ·

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!· .· Tliis' .:is a very· ociric:J.:se ,.- <.c'l:ear and well. deai•gned- g-Uide· .'an~/ · : or ke;Y. 'to the \;r:riverte·brateel'. · The ta:ita; ·.fr.oi!i ph.J":ia.'·::to' ~~de~s·ji~d- · stibordJ.tt3 are' arr:inged · ayeteinati.cally·Y · All: of. th~Jii :ar.il. ·pr()v1d.d .. ·

·· :wi. t:h: short _·d.i'a'gtf<;>se:s ·':aria,:. >concise .. chara~·tfjr1:Eit:ic6 ~ .. 'i:ehe' .'~~Ji6~,; charact·ers ·ar~ marlted.by a. ·1$peciai -m~tk~· The' b~o.k '.ia··::fllu~ti'~ted 'by numer-ous bl.ack:board~style· -d:rdwings . to :~b.o:W' ,;th~ mi>r$· 'illi]i~~t-t- ..

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J., 't2pp. illustrated •. l?~perback,. .Pr:I:c·e .£. :3~9~~-_,::_:,·> :-zo~~_og:y·. •· All .what ha~ been said abo:ve· about _the, previ~_us boak.·:i;}f · th~.

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:BJtf!~&!~l~~~:.·~o~e~~i~il•.o:f Migr~tocy Birds~sa.skatc}lewan · .: : .:~t.t.~~~iif; QUigtetlY·:i· (3):·~ 11~1,2• - .. .· ._. .· ..... ·.••· ... · .· . . .. · Edwa~df:t.Yi. 1979 •. ·:The :un~atu:ral, Na;tural Hi~;rtor;y ·in Museums.

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Haneke · G-t .. 197~~ :$itu~ ·kom.bin;i~rte. Qel~~lussigkei tsme;l:hod~ fur den.···Jilontage:freien Einschluas · anatomischer urid. biologisch-

. · er O:b,)ekte.c; . Del'. Prip'P';;itor g± (:3) · : 260-26f.. English,siun-. ·, ··r,y··· >. ,,~ .• ' ' · .. · .. ··.' .· ....•. · .• ·." .· ·. ' . ' .. ' - - .·. ·.· · Harney m.,·l979s. A. First · in Coral Reefs.. Research • Reports.·. 24 z : ·. ··.· 7.;:,.8.,' :, ' • ' : • . . ·. ' . . . . . . ' ·.. . . - . . . . • --. . Hertel. a.· 1978. Das .· Staatliche Museum fu:t Tierkun'de ,Dresden. ·•· ~-··· Bl:J.ek ini' Mli$itilt);~ 201~21 = J6~45. . • .•. · . . ·.. · .. . . . . · .

· · Klausewitz~:w$ '1978. · Utttw$l'l;ac}lut~z . una.' Naturkw'ld.emuseimllo Mu* ·. · semiu:drund~:<43 :(3}: 130-1)7~ · . . .. : · ·. · ·· . · .··.. · ·

· · KnorreJ).· :l..97$~agen ·g:er:J>ok;uinentation n,atl.wwi·saen$oha:tt- · · . lich(!~ S.e.mtll:tl..lngsbeetande.;. Neue Museumskunde £! (4) : · 281- ·

284. E.nglia~ ~timinaJ:w.Y. . . . .. · ·. · . · . · ·Lie:rl H.J.:~ ,'G~Z$J)ele •• 1979. Relo-Porcelin- eine .neue ·Poaitiv­

. giesamass~·.ner P:t'~parator 25 (1) ; 2J-24.English s~r..v ... ~ippmattfi H. G.; • ,.G. W:i.eJ')~r •. 1979"' .. Bergung und l,'ranaration von

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Miles R.S~, M~;J3. Alt. 1979. British Museum (Natural History) .. : ·a n.ew apprQao}l ·to the visiting public. Museums .Journal

. 78 (4) . :. 158-162.. . . . .. ---. . . . . - -.~·.

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36 N1Il\1s NEWSLETTER· Nd., 2 ( 4) 1979

Nachtigall wq,, H .. J .. Rothe9 u., Rothe .. 19.78 ... J!;ineEin~ettungs­me:§hode zur Verrneasung, kleiner biologische-:.r:• Objekte., D.er · Praparator 24 (2) : 233~235<> En:glish suTiml.a;:t>y., -::: .. ·.

Nachtigall Wo;~,"'1J~·~, Rothe;,. U .. '.Ro:,l!heo 1978 .... Geome:l?:risch· :ex­. ak~e JIJiodellk;onst:tuktio:n cl er Rumpfe von · Waaserkafern,. J)e;r Praparator 24 (3) · : 262-2f?5., English .summary.. .. . . ·

:Peden A .. E.,, R~'If;Oarcassqn"' 1979., To Accessidn: or De&.(;l,essioru .· the. Plight of Can~da' s Zoological Coll~ctions,.; . Gszett:e ll

(1) :· 43..,;47o : :. · · . · .. · · · .. ·• ·. Reshetn.iak P.. 1978,.. Lyophilization iri your future? Taxide:rmy

Review 7 (2) ~ 38-43~ · ·. · · · · ·. · , : . · . . ... ·. ·. Rittel B<?A'; 1978 .. Ta:nnirig with Lutan .F .... 2!ax~~~~ Re"':~e~1 ·

(2) : 12~1419'·' ' ' ' ' . :·.: .··· ·.···/< Rockv1ell R~H@ 1978Q Adv~~tu~es L~ Sculpture T~iqermye Taxi-

. derm:y Review. 6 {6) ··1: 11.;;..19 .. · ·: · , · .. , ·· · ·. ' · · ,·· : ·· Rqssne~ R~ ).979 ... ~st~~ uri.d. ·Methodik von 16~ungste(:}fui;i~e:ri an

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Sattler. F.. l97tf~ Einfache · Konservierungsmethoden '·mr .~fei~­schich:fiigen . Fossilplatten auf3. ali;:eti. Sammllii1g~be·sta.riden<~

· Der Praparator 24 (4) : ·304-308.., English· .al>unina±:.v ~. . . , . Swinile:.y G@N~ ·1979., """!ritroducirtg Ecolo·g:.y ·.=. a.· revieW :of the ex;..,

hibit;Lon.:. Museums. Journal 78 (4) : 163...:,164~ · ·· · ': .· · ·. Thietje W ~ Ce ·~:·G., DG Schrimper: 19'78<!> 1Jabort:(i;:ory. :.l:~chhiqueS: ,fQr

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Tovell WoM:,. 1979<\l Minerals, metals and man: a re;v·.ts•:i.,. Qazette 12 (2) : 45-51. ' '

. Yfolx""· H~w~ 1979 .. Senckenberg - Hochburg der .· Naturf'orschung4:l Ko.smos 75 (2) : 100~109 .. · · · · · '' .. ~

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