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Referee's report by Edward Bagnall Poulton, on a paper 'Some aspects of animal colouration from the point of view of colour vision' by J C Motham and Frederick William Edridge-Green

Reference number: RR/24/68

Date: June 1917

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests revision to correct 'clerical errors'. Suggests the novel points of view should be brought forward for discussion and criticism.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 6 June 1917.

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RR/24/68
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June 1917
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Edward Bagnall Poulton, Referee's report by Edward Bagnall Poulton, on a paper 'Some aspects of animal colouration from the point of view of colour vision' by J C Motham and Frederick William Edridge-Green, June 1917, RR/24/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_24_68/referees-report-by-edward-bagnall-poulton-on-a-paper-some-aspects-of-animal-colouration-from-the-point-of-view-of-colour-vision-by-j-c-motham-and-frederick-william-edridge-green, accessed on 10 February 2026

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