Record

RefNoL&P/8/104
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Of a bird hithero unrecognized as English' by John Lightfoot
Date20 November 1783
DescriptionContains plate.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an English bird of the genus Motacilla, supposed to be hitherto unnoticed by British ornithologists; observed by the Rev. John Lightfoot, M.A. F.R.S. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S.'

Read 18 November 1784
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper and plate
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1785.0002
RelatedRecordL&P/8/104/1
L&P/8/104/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2677Lightfoot; John (1735 - 1788)1735 - 1788
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