(one to be completed for each relevant Collection Content sheet [Form E] filled in)
Collection name ____________________________________________________________
Subject of Collection ______________________________________________________
IDEN NNW ___________ (if known) Date ______________________________
Enter approximate percentages wherever possible. Circle any relevant terms where
lists are given.
Invertebrate Zoology
General
Labels
- present ________%
- numbers only ________%
- notebooks (Y/N) may be in library
Data
- Collecors name ________%
- date ________%
- identified ________%
Precision
- locality ________%
- place ________%
- county ________%
- country ________%
- region ________%
Type Specimens
Infestation
- mites/booklice (fine powder) ________%
- beetles/mites (coarse powder) ________%
- Pests seen active (Y/N)
- sample taken (Y/N)
Entomology
(Beware high build up of pest-control chemicals when opening sealed drawers/boxes)
Labels
Remember to check underside of carded specimens for data.
Storage
- glass-topped drawers ________%
- storeboxes ________%
- cardboxes ________%
Damage
- broken hinges ________%
- broken glass ________%
- cracked/warped wood ________%
Lining paper
- dirty/tained ________%
- peeling ________%
- mould present ________%
- cork peeling ________%
Mounts
- direct pinned ________%
- staged ________%
- carded ________%
- long (continental) pins ________%
- short (English)pins ________%
Condition
- coroded at insect ________% (green or black)
- coroded at base ________%
- damaged ________%
- loose appendages/heads etc ________%
Other Invertebrates (Dry)
Storage
- loose in drawers ________%
- open trays ________%
- covered containers ________% (eg. glasstopped boxes, glass tubes, polybags, etc.)
Condition
- Calcareous material faded ________%
- Bynes disease ________%
- weathered/waterworn ________%
- fresh/live collected ________%
- damaged ________%
Shells
- Marine ________%
- Non marine ________%
- Gastropods ________%
- Bivalves ________%
- other ________%
- carved shells no. seen ________
Microscope Slide Collections
Condition
- cracked/broken ________%
- coverslips loose ________%
- mounting medium dried ________%
Labels
- present ________%
- identified ________%
- locality ________%
- dated ________%
- Collector's name ________%
- loose labels ________%
- Victorian slides (coloured paper wrapped) No. seen ________