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WCP4027

Letter (WCP4027.3971)

[1]

Hurstpierpoint

May 20th. [1868]1

Dear Newton2

G. R. Grays3 List of my Molucca Birds4 (part) is in P. Z. S. 1860. p. 341. Many of his additions from other authors are wrong in locality.

Thanks for Frisch's5 alteration of name.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

A. Murray6 is going to answer my "Nest" paper7 himself in the next no. of the "Journal",8 so we may expect something rather rich. I send you a copy in case you have it not.

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1
See note 9.
2
Newton, Alfred (1829-1907). British zoologist and ornithologist. Founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union.
3
Gray, George Robert (1808-1872). British zoologist and author. Head of the British Museum’s ornithological section.
4
Gray, G. R. 1860. List of Birds by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366.
5
Frisch, Carl Friedrich (1808-1874). German geographer and translator.
6
Murray, Andrew Dickson (1812-1878). British lawyer, entomologist and botanist. Assistant secretary to the Royal Horticultural Society 1860-1865.
7
Wallace, A. R. 1868. A theory of birds' nests: shewing the relation of certain sexual differences of colour in birds to their mode of nidification. Journal of Travel and Natural History. 1(2): 73-89.
8
Murray, A. 1868. Reply to Mr. Wallace's Theory of Birds' Nests. Journal of Travel & Natural History 1: 137-145.
9
In Newton's handwriting, "A. R. Wallace, May 20/21/68. Answered May 23/68." The letter has not been found.

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Transcribed by Bourne, Fiona [2013-05-07] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula J. [2014-05-06] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-06-10] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4027,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4027