Mr Everett has sent me from Borneo the accompanying list of mammals of Borneo & the Philippines. Wd Thomas look them over & cross out any species he thinks are not ?good; & also mark, for the Bats of Borneo and for the Mammals generally of the Philippines the species he considers to be peculiar. I want to give fairly accurate statements as to the [number of, ins] peculiar species in these islands for the new Edition of my Island Life. [list is missing].

Many thanks for corrections in the list of mammals & for kind offer of further assistance; may perhaps ask him to look over some of the proofs where references to Mammalia occur.

My friend Mr Pickard-Cambridge tells me you are in want of skeletons of the smaller mammals at the BM. My son who is now in Denver, Colo working as an electrical engineer … [appears to offer services of his children in skeleton collecting].

Will Thomas look over the enclosed list of Mammals of Japan (pp. 394-395 of ARW's Island Life) and make corrections.

His young friend Fred Birch is going to British Guiana. Cd Thomas advise Birch on what to collect and give him a copy of the department's printed instructions - send specimens directly to the Museum for Thomas to choose what he requires - will Museum pay a fixed price per specimen - ARW asks because "we can hear of no trustworthy agents".

Sends enclosed cutting from correspondent in Melbourne "in case it shd not have been brought to your notice". Has not heard of any Australian Mammal of the size and characters described.

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