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There are very small
study collections of mammals
everything going for Phillip
in the taxidermy department
the men were mounting
2 zebras, a Malay tiger
Sumatra species.
Mr. Robinson John
for Federated Malay
States Museum came
in & I had a long
talk with him about
mammals in which
he is an expert. He
is writing a full account
of the mammals
of Malay of which he
says there are 400 forms.
15 except they are well
collected already few
new ones to be expected.