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Correspondence 1808-50 of Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. Subjects include: dispatch of Australian and New Zealand birds for Lord Stanley's natural history collection; New Zealand expedition; John MacGillivray; and Birds of Australia. Correspondents include J. Gilbert, John Gould, J. Burke, J. Gray and G.W. Earl.