Description
Autograph Letter Signed ‘F.O.Morris’,[to H.Scott of Wakefield] confirming the safe arrival of the box of birds’ eggs, identifying them, a Mistle Thrush, a Weaver Bird, two Partridges, inviting his correspondent to visit. 3 pp. 6 x 4 inches, neat old repairs, in good clean condition. 12 June 1865. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893), naturalist, author of A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, A History of British Birds, and a History of British Butterflies.