| Ref No | WP/1/6/7 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/6/7 |
| Title | Fred Birch to Alfred Russel Wallace from the Brazil highlands |
| Description | Letter re delay in plans to leave for another part of Brazil as wife Mary expecting a child in March and no replies (re suitability of the area) from correspondents in Espirito Santo, Victoria; has collected many new beetle species though butterflies scarcer than before, will risk posting a box of Lepidoptera to Mr May in Rio; considering moving to Caravellas or Peruhype, quotes a letter from Mr Scofield recommending both areas as ideal sites for insect collecting, will write to [Eugenis] Reiche about housing; describes capture and photographing of a sloth which bit him through the thumb, sloth's fur infested with many small moths similar to Depressaria; thanks for copies of N.A. ('The New Age'; wheat planted according to Cotton's methods thriving.
Name: Birch, Frederick R, fl 1897-1910
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Scofield, [indicipherable], fl 1910
Reiche, [Eugenis], fl 1910
Cotton, Sir Arthur Thomas, knight,1903-1899
New Age, The, 1907-1922
Place: Brazil |
| Date | 15 Dec 1910 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Letter |
| Level | Item |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX5204 | Birch; Frederick R (fl 1897-1910) | fl 1897-1910 |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 |
| PX5635 | Scofield; ? (fl 1910) | fl 1910 |
| PX5636 | Reiche; Eugenis? (fl 1910) | fl 1910 |
| CX6565 | New Age, The; 1907-1922 | 1907-1922 |
| PX5632 | Cotton; Sir; Arthur Thomas (1803-1899) | 1803-1899 |