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Second referee's report by William Dickson Lang, on a paper 'The extinct of rhinoceroses of Baluchistan' by Clive Forster-Cooper

Reference number: RR/49/70

Date: 21 November 1933

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The author does not appear to accept the criticisms of th first report [RR/49/71]. Had suggests the paper be reviewed for composition and grammar, which the author has not undertaken. The author has not undertaken to correct some rearragement for clarity. The author has not attempted to clarify the systematics. If 'the author will not conform to the standard usages of Systematic Palaeontology...I cannot recommend the Royal Society to accept a paper for publication which does not aim at attaining to the highest standard of Palaeontological writing'.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 23 November 1933.

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RR/49/70
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21 November 1933
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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William Dickson Lang, Second referee's report by William Dickson Lang, on a paper 'The extinct of rhinoceroses of Baluchistan' by Clive Forster-Cooper, 21 November 1933, RR/49/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_49_70/second-referees-report-by-william-dickson-lang-on-a-paper-the-extinct-of-rhinoceroses-of-baluchistan-by-clive-forster-cooper, accessed on 18 April 2025

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