Including into the current buffer from an external source

From the dim recesses of my failing memory, I seem to recall, that
there are
some vim commands that let one read in, include, a range of records from
an external source to a specified location in the current buffer.
Something on the order of
:(range) read from (to_address)
Can some vim guru point me to the proper way?
It seems messy to have to open the from source in a second buffer,
then yank the desired record range, and finally put the yanked
records at the to_address.

Advance thanks
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Rostyk

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