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NO one would wish to fail to acknowledge the work being done at the Coryndon Museum: the difficulties under which the Museum labours are brought out by Mr. Copley in his final paragraph. Formal surveys of the type asked for have not, in fact, been possible. They were called for at the Kampala conference by East African biologists. It was these same East African biologists who spoke of the difficulties they encounter in getting birds, mammals and insects identified. It is perhaps significant that the more confident note was struck by a visiting American speaker; but he was referring to the British Museum. All concerned in biological and medical work in East Africa would be happy to see the staff of the Coryndon Museum in a position to afford the services so urgently called for. The organization of the conference was itself an effort to overcome the isolation and lack of contact which Mr. Copley mentions.
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DAVIES, J. Biological Research in East Africa. Nature 178, 163 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178163b0
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