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Ferryman, R. (Robert) 'Proposals for publishing a complete history of British birds and quadrupeds'... by (1788), NLW MS 22731iiE, ff. 38-9.
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Thomas Pennant: Ornithology notes

  • NLW MS 22731iiE
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  • [1760s]-[c. 1808]

Items, 1760s - c. 1808, relating chiefly to ornithology in the hands of Thomas and David Pennant, William Morris ('o Fôn') and others. Included are notes on different species; lists of English and Welsh bird names; letters, 1763-93, to Thomas Pennant; printed prospectus, 1788 (2 ff.) for Robert Ferryman's A Complete History of British Birds and Quadrupeds (not published); and printed Catalogue of British Birds(4 ff.) by Thomas Pennant (see also NLW MS 2549B).