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Second referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'The relation between variability and abundance shown by the measurements of the eggs of British nesting birds' by Ronald Aylmer Fisher

Reference number: RR/59/77

Date: December 1936

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests use of terms in the tables.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 16 December 1936.

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RR/59/77
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December 1936
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Standardised form (type D)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Second referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'The relation between variability and abundance shown by the measurements of the eggs of British nesting birds' by Ronald Aylmer Fisher, December 1936, RR/59/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_59_77/second-referees-report-by-john-burdon-sanderson-haldane-on-a-paper-the-relation-between-variability-and-abundance-shown-by-the-measurements-of-the-eggs-of-british-nesting-birds-by-ronald-aylmer-fisher, accessed on 17 July 2026

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