WCP1813

Letter (WCP1813.1702)

[1]

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimbourne.

Dec[embe]r 3rd. 1908

My dear Dresser1

Will you be so good as to give me the following figures, which you must have at hand.

Birds Known Species
The World 11,617 ?
Palaearctic Region
Europe
British Isles
Any Average Country you have figures of.

[2] I got from "Nature" the figure 11,617 for the species at the completion of Sharpe's2 Catalogue in 1899. But I think there has been a later summary published with additions — if so please give it.

I want these figures for my lecture, but minute accuracy not required.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P.S. I sent a letter of thanks to your friend Buturlin3. A.R.W.

1
Dresser, Henry Eeles (1838-1915). Ornithologist
2
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1847-1909). Ornithologist and museum curator
3
Probably Buturlin, Sergei Aleksandrovich (1872-1938). Russian ornithologist

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1813.1702)]

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Transcribed by Shapland, Lesley [2014-02-25]

Please cite as “WCP1813,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1813