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Ferdinand von Mueller to Prospero Ramel, 1861-07-25 [61.07.25b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/61-07-25b>, accessed September 11, 2025
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Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, vol. 8 (1861), pp. 516-7.
Dans sa lettre, M. Mueller, après avoir confirmé l'opinion de M. Ramel que l'Oiseau
moqueur d'Australie, le Laughing Jacass (Daselo gigantea) pourrait être avantageusement utilisé comme destructeur de Serpents, annonce qu'il
vient de faire trois envois ditférents par le même navire. Le premier, répondant au
désir que lui avait exprimé M. Ramel, et composé de cinq Cailles du pays et de quatre
Goat-suckers, est adressé à la Société impériale d'acclimatation, à laquelle il se propose de
faire parvenir prochainement des Native Companions. Le second, destiné à l'établissement de Regent's Park à Londres, se compose de cinq
espèces de Poissons vivants du Yara. Le troisième comprend une paire de Bronze wings Pigeons (Colombes d'Australie) et une collection de graines pour le jardin d'acclimatation
d'Alger.]
[Various communications are received from Mr Ramel; they are taken from a letter of
Messrs Mueller and Wilson of 25 July, and from the
Argus
, Melbourne newspaper, of the same date.
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The Argus, 25 July 1861, p. 5 contains an article 'A stroll among the animals', a report of
a lecture by Edward Wilson that considered the importation of animals by the Acclimatisation Society
of Victoria, for which the lecture was a fund-raising venture. The summary in the
French society’s Bulletin (p. 517) emphasized the introduction of salmon using a refrigerated aquarium on the
Lincolnshire.
In his letter, Mr Mueller, after confirming Mr Ramel's opinion that the Mockingbird
of Australia, the Laughing Jackass (
Daselo
gigantea
) could be advantageously used as a destroyer of snakes, announces that he has just
made three different shipments by the same vessel. The first, responding to the wish
expressed to him by Mr Ramel, consisting of five Quail of the country and four
Goat-suckers
, is addressed to the Imperial Acclimatisation Society, to which he proposes shortly
to forward
Native Companions
. The second, intended for the establishment of Regent's Park in London, consists
of five species of live fish from the Yarra. The third includes a pair of
Bronze-wing Pigeons
(Australian doves) and a collection of seeds for the Algiers acclimatisation garden.]
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Dacelo.