Ɛpsilon

WCP765

Letter (WCP765.937)

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Holly House, Barking. E.

Feb. 26. <1871>2

I had got specimens of the true H<irundo>. Javanica at Lombock just before going to Macassar, & have therefore no doubt the Macassar bird which I entered under the same name in my notes was the same. It is the bird with rufous forehead and dark ashy under parts.

A R Wallace [signature]

A pair of Motacilla flavescens are at Zool. Soc.3 (from Timor)

1
The note was addressed to Hay, Arthur (1824-1878). British army officer and ornithologist. Ninth marquess of Tweeddale, Scotland. Known before 1862 as Lord Arthur Hay and between 1862 and 1876 as Viscount Walden.
2
The year "1871" is established based on correspondence WCP764_L936, Arthur Hay to ARW, 20 February 1871.
3
The Zoological Society of London founded in 1826 by Stamford Raffles. See Zoological Society London. 2020. Landmarks in ZSL History. ZSL <https://www.zsl.org/about-us/landmarks-in-zsl-history> <accessed 23 July 2020>.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP765.937)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sloyan, Victoria [2013-05-08] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie 24/12/2024 [2022-07-19]

Please cite as “WCP765,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP765