Some of the 11 volumes of Sherborn’s Index Animalium, held in the NHM’s Library. They total more than 9000 pages, and contain about 440,000 names. (With permission of The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London)

 
 
  Part of: Shindler K (2016) A magpie with a card-index mind – Charles Davies Sherborn 1861–1942. In: Michel E (Ed.) Anchoring Biodiversity Information: From Sherborn to the 21st century and beyond. ZooKeys 550: 33–56. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.550.9975