Asks correspondent if he would prefer the President’s signature alone or with those of other scientific men.
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Asks correspondent if he would prefer the President’s signature alone or with those of other scientific men.
Questions on breeding and habits.
The publishers [of Zoology] have agreed to 50 plates [for Birds]. Asks JG to decide which are most worthy of being done. Also asks him to see whether Bayfield will undertake [to colour] the birds (and quadrupeds) at something under 5d each.
Encloses the account of Smith, Elder & Co. for the first part of "The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle" [Fossil Mammalia].
Testifies to the courtesy and helpfulness of George Gray [assistant at the British Museum]. [See 402b.]