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65.07.26h

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Australasian, 1865-07-26 [65.07.26h]. 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/65-07-26h>, accessed September 11, 2025

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Notes and Queries', 'Specimens for Professor Owen', Australasian, 29 July 1865, p. 9 (B65.07.20). See also M to R. Owen, 26 July 1865 (in this edition as 65-07-26b).
Sir, —
Professor Owen, F.R.S., in a recent article on the Fecundation of the Monetremata (Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, March 2, 1865),
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Owen (1865a); see pp. 110-11 for the predicted dates for collecting suitable specimens.
requests that females of the platypus or duckmole (Ornithorrhychus
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O rnithorhynchus ?
paradoxus) caught in October or November, and females of the porcupine-anteater (Echidna hystrix) caught in July or August, may, for his examination, be preserved in strong spirits, the abdomen being slit open to allow access of the preserving liquid to the inner parts of the animal. Such specimens the great anatomist desires to be directed either to the principal librarian of the British Museum; or to Dr. Geo. Bennett, of Sydney; or to the undersigned,
FERD. MUELLER.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, July 26.