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WCP2026

Letter (WCP2026.1916)

[1]

Dear Sir.

I believe I forgot to thank you for the sterna which are very interesting shewing the affinity of Paradisea they will if you have no objection be figured in the supplement to my osteologia.1 Tripsurus auritus was described in vol 1 p150 annals of Natural history.2

It is figured and described [2] also in Malherbes3 Picidee4 pt. 35. vol 3 and vol 1 p 150 If you happen to come across this part of the world or would like to come down here on a visit I shall be happy to see you. I have not the specimen I described but I believe I know where it is[.]

yours truly | Th C Eyton5 [signature]

Eyton

Wellington

Salop

Nov. 2 / 63

1
Eyton, T. C. 1867. Osteologia avium: or, A sketch of the osteology of birds. Wellington, Salop: R. Hobson. 1: [p. 149].
2
Eyton. T. C. 1845. On Some New Species of Birds from Malacca. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16: [p. 229].
3
Malherbe, Alfred (1804-1865). French magistrate and naturalist.
4
Malherbe, A. 1861. Monographie des Picidées ou Histoire Naturelle des Picidés, Picumninés, Yuncinés ou Torcols. J. Verronnais: Société d'Histoire Naturelle de la Moselle. 1: [p. 150].
5
Eyton, Thomas Campbell (1809-1880). British naturalist and agriculturist.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP2026.1916)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Tzelios, Christie [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie [2020-06-09] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP2026,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2026