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WCP814

Letter (WCP814.986)

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CORFE VIEW,

PARKSTONE,

DORSET.

August 30th. 1891.

G.A. Boulenger Esq.1

Dear Sir

Many thanks for the list of genera (of Rep. and Amph.) of the Palaearctic Region which I shall give in a note.

I should be very glad if you can furnish me with a similar list for the Nearctic Region.

Also if you can obtain for me the number of peculiar Nearctic genera of Freshwater fishes — names not required. I gave 29 peculiar [2] genera in my first Edition2 — no doubt obtained from Dr. Günther,3 — and he can no doubt tell you if the same number may stand now, or whether it should be considerably increased or diminished. An approximate number will do.

yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Boulenger, George Albert (1858-1937). Belgian-British zoologist. Worked at the Natural History Museum's Department of Zoology from 1880 to 1920.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1880. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. London: Macmillan & Co.
3
Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf (formerly Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf) (1830-1914). German-born British zoologist. Keeper of the Zoology department, British Museum 1875-95.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP814.986)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Linden, Tess [2013-08-19] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP814,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP814