WCP794

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Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon

Oct[obe]r. 29^th 1879

My dear Percival Wright

Many thanks for your notes which are just what I want. I have been over them with Gunther at the B.M [British Museum] & he has given me the range[?] of all. & the names of the makes[?]. The only thing we cannot make out are the two Caecilias¹ [sic]. They have none from you in the Museum, & in the Catalogue, C. rostrata² in from S. America (& the Seychelles in the Paris Museum), while C. oxyura³ is only noted from Malabar.

Can you tell me who has your specimens & whether they have been determined by comparison with the Indian & S. American [2] types of these two species, as if⁴ so it will be one of the most interesting cases Geog[raphical] Dist[ribution] known.

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R Wallace [signature]

P.S. Can you or any of your colleagues tell me if the following reptiles & amphibia are admitted to be natives of the Ireland as recorded in Bell.

1. Zootoca vivipara⁵

2. Bufo calamita⁶ — S.W. of Ireland

3. Lissotriton punctatus⁷ yes⁸

4. " palmipes⁹ —?

A.R.W