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WCP766

Letter (WCP766.938)

[1]

Walden Cottage

Chislehurst

Feb-24-1871

Dear Mr Wallace

I am much obliged to you for yr replies to my queries.1

Are you sure about Hirundo javanica, sparrow. You are not alluding to the Asiatic form of H<irundo> rustica?

Write yes or no on the opposite side[.]

Yrs sin<cerel>y | Walden.2 [signature]

1
See WCP764, Arthur Hay to ARW, 20 February 1871. ARW wrote replies to Hay's queries directly on the letter.
2
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.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP766.938)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Ulrich-Verder, Liesl Elizabeth [2014-07-31] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-07-31] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie 24/12/2024 [2022-07-19]

Please cite as “WCP766,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP766