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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the iris colour an important secondary sexual characteristic, which could be referenced against known colour charts such as those of Robert Ridgway.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

No received date.

Reference number
RR/68/20
Earliest possible date
1941
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Reginald Crundall Punnett

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Reginald Crundall Punnett, Referee's report by Reginald Crundall Punnett, on a paper 'The reproductive cycles of the British and Continental races of the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris L.)' by W A Bullough, 1941, RR/68/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_20/referees-report-by-reginald-crundall-punnett-on-a-paper-the-reproductive-cycles-of-the-british-and-continental-races-of-the-starling-sturnus-vulgaris-l-by-w-a-bullough, accessed on 05 December 2024

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