WCP5681

Letter (WCP5681.6534)

[1]

The Dell, Grays, Essex.

July 23rd 1874

Dear Sharpe

If you are not too busy could you write me down a list of the Genera of Madagascar Passeres1, with [the] number of species known in each, and placing each in the family you now think they belong to.

I am picking out the Geog[raphical]. Dist[inctions]. from your "Falcones"2, — which seems to me a first rate Catalogue. When will the "Striges"3 be out?

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Passer[iform]es. Order of birds including more than half of all bird species.
2
Section within Catalogue of the Accipitres, or diurnal birds of prey, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue written by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, published in 1874 by the British Museum. First of several volumes written by various authors from 1874 to 1898.
3
Catalogue of the Striges, or nocturnal birds of prey, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue written by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, published in 1875 by the British Museum. Second of several volumes written by various authors from 1874 to 1898.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP5681.6534)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Rodwell, Stephen [2014-09-26] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-09-26] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP5681,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5681