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Account of a new bird in Ireland by Henry Nicholson, dated at Dublin

Reference number: EL/N1/84

Date: 2 October 1712

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Loxia curvirostra (finch with crossed bills when closed) spotted in Cork and Kinsale; transcribes an account of the Loxia by Aldrovandus (in Latin)
Read to the Royal Society on 13 November 1712

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EL/N1/84
Earliest possible date
2 October 1712
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Nicholson

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Henry Nicholson, Account of a new bird in Ireland by Henry Nicholson, dated at Dublin, 2 October 1712, EL/N1/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_84/account-of-a-new-bird-in-ireland-by-henry-nicholson-dated-at-dublin, accessed on 11 November 2025

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