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Paper, 'Of a new species of cuckoo, culculus indicator' by Anders Sparrman

Reference number: L&P/6/215

Date: 16 September 1776

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Contains plate.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a journey into Africa from the Cape of Good-Hope, and a description of a new species of cuckow. By Dr. Andreas Sparrman, of the Royal Academy of Stockholm, in a letter to Dr. John Reinhold Forster, F.R.S'

Read 19 December 1776

Reference number
L&P/6/215
Earliest possible date
16 September 1776
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a new species of cuckoo, culculus indicator' by Anders Sparrman, 16 September 1776, L&P/6/215, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_215/paper-of-a-new-species-of-cuckoo-culculus-indicator-by-anders-sparrman, accessed on 15 January 2025

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