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430379

Title
James Erskine Calder - Copy of letter to the Royal Society regarding mutton birds, 8 Aug. 1868
Call number
A 595
Level of description
series
Date

1868
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
430379
Physical Description
1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Scope and Content
Calder expresses his concern for the plight of the mutton-birds or sooty petrel that frequent the sea and islands of Bass' Strait and describes the threats to these birds and their rookeries. Calder appeals to the Society to assist in the preservation of these birds.
General note

Volume was rebound into new covers at an unknown date.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Titled on spine, "Mutton-birds".
Subject
Birds--Australia.
David Scott Mitchell Collection.
Mutton birds.
Place
Bass Strait (Vic. and Tas.)
Tasmania

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