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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper has been drawn up with great care. Suggests the illustrations should be done by a competent artist.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/200
Earliest possible date
07 July 1868
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Thomas Henry Huxley

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the osteology of the solitaire or Didine Bird of the Island of Rodriguez, Pezophaps solitaria ( Gmel.)' by Alfred Newton and Edward Newton, 07 July 1868, RR/6/200, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_200/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-on-the-osteology-of-the-solitaire-or-didine-bird-of-the-island-of-rodriguez-pezophaps-solitaria-gmel-by-alfred-newton-and-edward-newton, accessed on 08 December 2024

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