WCP795

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Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon

Dec^r. 6th. 1879

My dear Wright¹

I have had your "Animal Life"² sent me to review for "Nature". You will see that I have said what I could for it, but I was obliged to criticise some of the figures. I suppose you had a lot of illustrations to work in. Most of them are good but some very bad, and I send you the following list of wrongly named figures.

Macacus cynomolgus. The figure is certainly not this species. I think it is Presbytis entellus.

Saiga tartarica. The figure is of Oryx leucoryx.

Accentor modularis. The figure is a finch not a warbler.

Sun-birds. The figure represents two humming birds!

[2] Java sparrow — Some other bird; — quite unrecognisable.

Parra jacana — Is the Hydrophasianus sinensis

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Others of the small birds are not recognisable such as the Stone-Chat, Dipper & Chaffinch. Perhaps the publishers will get better figures of these, as the book is really worth it, and birds always attract attention.

I am obliged to send the book back to "Nature" — I suppose Lockyer³ wants it for his children, — so if Mess^rs. Cassell think my review worth it they can send me a copy.

It must have cost you an immense deal of labour.

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

[3] Note. Erratum

Tailor bird— called Thotomus it sh^d be Orthotomus.