Ɛpsilon

WCP815

Postcard (WCP815.987)

[1]

Dr. Sir1

Many thanks for the list of peculiar genera of Nearctic Reptiles & Amphibia. I need not trouble Dr. Günther2 now about the fishes, as I merely state the approximate number of peculiar genera.

yours truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Parkstone, Dorset.

[2]

[Postmarked on postcard] PARKSTONE B SP 1 91

G. A. Boulenger Esq.

Natural History Museum

Cromwell Road

London. S. W.

1
Boulenger, George Albert (1858-1937). Belgian-British zoologist. Worked at the Natural History Museum's Department of Zoology from 1880 to 1920.
2
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 [Postcard (WCP815.987)]

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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 “WCP815,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP815