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<p><span lang="EN-US">Dear Paul,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Luzon, as you know, is the main island of the Philippine archipelago. I have not found any locality there similar to 'Curita,' but this word, in Spanish, means a diminutive form of 'cura' (priest) or an affectionate way of saying it. As
the Philippines was a Spanish colony until 1898, this word could refer to a locality or a collector. If the labels of the collection do not specify a collector, I can assume that this is the name of the collector, as the figure who sent the specimens. Many
19th-century religious people were interested in natural history objects and made important collections all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">I hope this helps a little.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sergio<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> en nombre de Callomon,Paul <prc44@drexel.edu><br>
<b>Fecha: </b>viernes, 24 de mayo de 2024, 22:19<br>
<b>Para: </b>NH-COLL listserv (nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu) <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Asunto: </b>[Nhcoll-l] Philippine locality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Random Friday-afternoon question: we have the locality “Curita, Luzon” on some land snail labels – anyone have any idea where that might be? It does not come up on the web, at least not that I
can find. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Paul Callomon</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<i><a href="mailto:callomon@ansp.org"><span style="color:blue">callomon@ansp.org</span></a> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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