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Referee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'Contributions to the history of the pleiocene and pleistocene deer. Part I. Cervus verticornis, Cervus savini' by William Boyd Dawkins

Reference number: RR/9/261

Date: 14 August 1885

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Usually, zoology papers published in Philosophical Transactions contain 'novel or very important understood forms of life', of which this paper does not have. It should be published in Proceedings, without illustrations.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1884].

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RR/9/261
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14 August 1885
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Flower

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William Henry Flower, Referee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'Contributions to the history of the pleiocene and pleistocene deer. Part I. Cervus verticornis, Cervus savini' by William Boyd Dawkins, 14 August 1885, RR/9/261, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_261/referees-report-by-william-henry-flower-on-a-paper-contributions-to-the-history-of-the-pleiocene-and-pleistocene-deer-part-i-cervus-verticornis-cervus-savini-by-william-boyd-dawkins, accessed on 06 December 2024

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