WCP5675

Letter (WCP5675.6528)

[1]

The Dell, Grays, Essex.

July 17th. 1879[?]

Dear Sharpe

Please tell[?] me what you know of[:]

Pinicola burtoni1— of the Hand List2 (p. 109) from Cameroon. W[est]. Af[rica].! Is the genus or the locality wrong?

[1 word illeg.] pectoralis — S[outh]. Africa. Layard[?]3 says he received a specimen & [3 words illeg.] found it in Natal4. Newton5, says it is all a mistake! Which is right?

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Pray answer at once; very last note you did not answer at all but it is [1 word illeg.] of [1 word illeg.] consequence. Hope you are all well.

1
Pincola burtoni. Species of bird referred to on page 109 in Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, Distinguishing Those Contained in the British Museum, Part II by George Robert Gray.
2
Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds, Distinguishing Those Contained in the British Museum, Part II. Book written by George Robert Gray, published in 1870 by the British Museum. Not to be confused with the series of books of the same name written by Richard Bowdler Sharpe and published between 1899 and 1909.
3
Layard, Edgar Leopold (1824-1900). British ornithologist.
4
British colony in south-eastern Africa from 1843 to 1910.
5
Newton, Alfred (1829-1907). English zoologist and ornithologist.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP5675.6528)]

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Transcribed by Rodwell, Stephen [2014-09-19] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-09-19] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP5675,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5675