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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the morphology of birds' by William Kitchen Parker

Reference number: RR/10/67

Date: 15 March 1887

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests some of the style of the paper could lead to misunderstandings.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887]

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RR/10/67
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15 March 1887
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Huxley

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the morphology of birds' by William Kitchen Parker, 15 March 1887, RR/10/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_67/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-on-the-morphology-of-birds-by-william-kitchen-parker, accessed on 27 September 2023

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