THE NATURALIST 
FOR 1933 . 
EDITORIAL. 
With the previous number, the long connection 
of Mr. T. Sheppard with The Naturalist as its 
Editor came to an end. Mr. Sheppard became 
Editor in 1903, and he has occupied this post con- 
tinuously until the present. Naturalists in general 
and readers of this paper in particular certainly 
owe a very great debt to Mr. Sheppard, while it is 
impossible to estimate how much The Naturalist 
itself owes to his activities on its behalf. Not only 
was he responsible for bringing it to a high level 
of efficiency in the pre-war years, but he also 
successfully laboured to maintain its quality and 
style during the difficult war and post-war 'periods. 
He has succeeded in imparting to the journal some- 
thing of his own vitality, and, still more, the impress 
of his own personality. 
It is fitting, therefore, to say that the existence 
of The Naturalist is a monument to Mr. Sheppard’s 
work, and the new Editors fully recognise that they 
are confronted with a considerable task in con- 
tinuing the high standard of the journal set by Mr. 
Sheppard. 
[Note: The frontispiece is a reproduction of the- oil -painting 
by Mr. Vincent Galloway , presented to Mr. Sheppard at Halifax, 
December 10 pi, 1932, on the occasion of his retirement from the 
Editorship of The Naturalist .] 
JAN 1 4 ' 
1933 Jan. 1 
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