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Sclater. P. L., Motley's Collection ofBirds, 1863. No. 134. 'The Birds of Borneo'. Sharpe, T. and McCartney, P. J,. The papers of H. T. De la Beche in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1998. (Motley's letters to De la Beche are in the Museum archives). Short, Philip, In Pursuit of Plants, Timber Press. 2004. (This book on Plant Collectors includes J. Motley, pp. 77-89, from letters visiting Sumatra in 1854). Smail, H. C. P., 'William Borrer of Henfield. Botanist and Horticulturist 1781-1862', in Watsonia, 10-55-60. 1974, pp. 55-60. Smythies, B. E., The Birds ofBorneo. Nat. Hist. Pub. Borneo, 1999. (A definitive book on the Birds of Borneo, includes accurate biographies of J. Motley and H. Low). Trueman, A, E., 'Fossil Horizons in the Coal Measures of Swansea District', in Proceedings of the Swansea Scientific and Field Naturalists Society. Vol. 1. Part 8, June 1934. Voyle, B., 'Allt-y-gof, Aelybryn, Diplomat. The story of a house.' Llanelli Miscellany. 21. 1984. Wilson, Joan G., The Forgotten Naturalist: In Search Alfred Russel Wallace. Australian Scholarly Pub. Pty., 2000. Witton, P and others, Lonely Planet Guide to Indonesia. 7th Ed. 2003. (Excellent guide). Wong, K. M. and Chan. C. L., Mount Kinabalu. Borneo's Magic Mountain. Nat. Hist. Pub., Borneo 1997. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I have benefited from work done on James Motley by David Painting twenty years ago, when he was Hon. Librarian for The Royal Institution of South Wales, and also Ian Morgan of the Countryside Council for Wales, who sent me his article on botanical collecting by Motley in Carmarthenshire. I thank them both. This article could not have been written without the help of Swansea Museum, particularly Bernice Cardy and Michael Gibbs. I wish to thank the museum for permission to repro- duce pictures from their library and photographs from the herbaria. The museums at Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool and the Natural History Museum in London also helped. Richard Morris provided extracts from L. L. Dillwyn's diaries. Letters written by J. Motley came from Kew and a visit to their vast archives and herbarium was a highlight of the whole research programme. I have badgered archive offices in Swansea, Llanelli, Bath, Port Talbot, Bristol, Leeds, Isle of Man and New Zealand, and have had many friendly letters from people whose name was Motley. Benito Rees and Byron Davies provided historical information from Llanelli. The owners of Sanctuary House and Rock House in Pembrey were very helpful.