L&P/5/290
Paper, 'Sending a bird from Gilbert White for the Royal Society' by Daines Barrington
26 March 1772
L&P/6/27
Letter, 'Of the house-martin or martlet' from Gilbert White to Daines Barrington
20 November 1773
L&P/6/93
Letters, 'Of the house swallow, of the swift or Black Martin, of the Sand Martin' from Gilbert White to Daines Barrington
29 January 1774
Early Letters
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