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It should be understood that no notice whatever has been taken of my very large series of [[underlined]]testudinata[[/underlined]] in the collection.  This has never been gone dover or arranged in bottles [[strikethrough]]for the reason[[/strikethrough]] owing to the fact that receptacles of a [[?]] size were not in stock; although the 'entire' collection as has been stated [[strikethrough]]in this report[[/strikethrough]] before has been studied by Mssrs True & Leuddey x  It should also be remarked that the number of specimens named as being in the reserve series, represents the number of packages or bottles, each bottle containing from 1 to 50 specimens.  The apparent discrepancies between the number of specimens received as shown by our records and the accession book may be accounted for when it is remembered that many old specimens have come to light without numbers

Transcription Notes:
testudinata = reptiles with turtle shells