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Paper, 'An account of an upupa, or hoopoe' by Dr [Frederick] Slare

Reference number: CLP/15i/42

Date: September 1691

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Slare describes a bird that was found near Dorking in Surrey [England], which died shortly after being presented to him. He observes how the bird was able to move its 'crest' or crown of feathers when disturbed by Slare.

Subject: Zoology / Ornithology

Read to the Royal Society on 23 September 1691

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CLP/15i/42
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September 1691
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Frederick Slare

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Frederick Slare, Paper, 'An account of an upupa, or hoopoe' by Dr [Frederick] Slare, September 1691, CLP/15i/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_42/paper-an-account-of-an-upupa-or-hoopoe-by-dr-frederick-slare, accessed on 12 February 2026

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    The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.

    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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