WCP4050

Letter (WCP4050.3994)

[1]1, 2, 3

The Dell, Grays, Essex

June 11th. 1875

Dear Newton4

Many thanks for the tables of Palearctic Birds wh[ich]. I hope you did not draw up exclusively for me, as the names & limitations of the genera was all I required. Shall I return it [to] you when done with [it]?

I will not trouble you for Salones[?]" lists, as it would only bother me & it is too late now to make any [2]5 radical alterations. For birds I daresay 6 subregions may be better than 4, — but I do not see in the present state of knowledge how it is possible to work the limits of the Amazonian Brazilian, & Subandean subregions.

In haste ǀ Yours very truly ǀ Alfred R. Wallace. [signature]

1
Add.9839/1W/113 written in pencil on the top right corner of the page in another hand.
2
‘241’ is written in pencil on the top left corner of the page in another hand.
3
An ink stamp in the shape of a rectangle with the text "CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY" was added later to the top left corner of the page.
4
Alfred Newton, zoologist and ornithologist, lived 1829 — 1907.
5
"A.R.Wallace., June 11/12/75" and "Around June 12/75" is written in cursive in dark ink on the top left corner of the second page; the handwriting is different from that observed in the annotations noted in the first and second endnotes.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4050.3994)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Kowal, Emma [2012-08-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Please cite as “WCP4050,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4050