Letters, 'Of the house swallow, of the swift or Black Martin, of the Sand Martin' from Gilbert White to Daines Barrington
Reference number: L&P/6/93
Date: 29 January 1774
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Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Of the house-swallow, swift, and sand-martin. By the Rev. Gilbert White, in three letters to the Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S'
Read 16 March 1775
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- L&P/6/93
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- 29 January 1774
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- 13 pages
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- Manuscript
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Letters, 'Of the house swallow, of the swift or Black Martin, of the Sand Martin' from Gilbert White to Daines Barrington, 29 January 1774, L&P/6/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_93/letters-of-the-house-swallow-of-the-swift-or-black-martin-of-the-sand-martin-from-gilbert-white-to-daines-barrington, accessed on 16 July 2025
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XXIII. Of the house-swallow, swift, and sand-martin. By the Rev. Gilbert White, in three letters to the Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1775
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1775.0024
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6
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