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Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'Description of the living and extinct races of gigantic land-tortoises.—Parts III. and IV. The races of the aldabra group and mascarene islands' by Albert Günther

Reference number: RR/8/22

Date: 23 February 1877

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a continuation of an earlier one by the same author.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1877]

Reference number
RR/8/22
Earliest possible date
23 February 1877
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Busk

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George Busk, Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'Description of the living and extinct races of gigantic land-tortoises.—Parts III. and IV. The races of the aldabra group and mascarene islands' by Albert Günther, 23 February 1877, RR/8/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_22/referees-report-by-george-busk-on-a-paper-description-of-the-living-and-extinct-races-of-gigantic-land-tortoisesparts-iii-and-iv-the-races-of-the-aldabra-group-and-mascarene-islands-by-albert-günther, accessed on 15 March 2026

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