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PROF. HERDMAN is to be conglatulated on the completion of his report on the pearl fisheries and marine biology of cylon. It fills five large volumes, which besides ontaining much information of direct practical importance in regard to pearls and pearl fishing, form a broad and firm basis for further study of the biology of the Ceylonese region of the Indian Ocean. The report speaks volumes as to Prof. Herdman's genius as collector—we doubt if any single worker ever made such large collections over the whole field of zoology in so short a time; he has also done his share of the descriptive studies, and he, along with Mr. Hornell, is responsible for the parts that deal directly with the pearl oyster itself.
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The Natural History of the Ceylon Pearl Banks 1 . Nature 76, 271–272 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/076271a0
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