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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[unknown person]
Date:
26 November 1899
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 55221 f. 43
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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Asks for information re. number of species of birds now known for New Guinea incl. islands close to it - Waigiou, Sahratty + Aru islands, separating the land and the water birds; just a rough estimate; is comparing the ornithological richness of New Guinea with other larger islands and countries. Also numbers for Papuan Islands as a whole, say from Mysol to New Britain.