Author: Wilson, J.
Title: Observations on some species of the genus Falco of Linnaeus.
Description: Edinburgh, Archibald Constable (for the Wernerian Natural History Society), 1818. 8vo (21.2 x 13.1 cm). 49 pp. Disbound. = A little-known study, summarizing what was known about a group of mostly European falcons, their variability, ontogeny, and synonymy. The author, James Wilson of Woodville (1795-1856) was a Scottish zoologist. "Wilson was one of the first to have used the term "evolution" in the context of biological speciation ... Wilson's use of the term predated Charles Lyell in 1832" (Wikipedia). A very good, clean copy. Cat. BM(NH), p. 2333.

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