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WCP4011

Letter (WCP4011.3954)

[1]

9, St. Mark's Crescent

Regent's Park. N.W.

Aug. 10th. [1865]1

Dear Newton2

A rare, & rather handsome pigeon is Phlegoenas tristigmata. Bp. & it is not yet figured.

If this will do let me know who I shall send it to.

It is described in Bp. Consp. II. p. 88.3

Very truly yours | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[2]4

1
See note 4.
2
Newton, Alfred (1829-1907). British zoologist and ornithologist. Founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union.
3
Bonaparte, Carolo Luciano.1857. Conspectus Generum Avium. II. Lugdunum Batavorum: E. J. Brill.
4
In Newton’s handwriting, "A. R. Wallace, London. Aug. 10-11/65. Answered Aug. 14/65". The letter has not been found.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Szentgyorgyi, Katherine [2012-09-17] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2020-08-27] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4011,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4011