Document information

Physical location:

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart. 79.07.25

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1879-07-25. 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/79-07-25>, accessed September 11, 2025

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MS is a list written by one of M's assistants. On the back is a draft of a letter by Krauss reporting the state of the collection upon its arrival in Stuttgart; see F. von Krauss to M, 13 December 1879.
MS annotation by Krauss: 'erhalten den 3. Dec.' [received 3 December].
D Krauss
Stuttgard Per. " Kent "
25 July 1879
One Case containing
2 red Kangarooh
male
& female
2
MS annotation by Krauss: 'Macropus laniger'.
2 Emus
do
do
1 large Wallaby
3
MS annotation by Krauss: 'Halmatur. nemoralis ♂'.
Collection of New Guinea birds
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The file includes, on a separate sheet, notes by Krauss as follows:
von der Sendung N. 2889
erhalten v. F. v. Müller Dec. 1879
Vögel:
a) Behalten aus Neu Guinea? (viele aus Malakka, Java, Sumatra &c &c)
42 Stück in 36 Spec.
Davon nicht in d. Sammlung 10 Spec.
Die übrigen zur Vervollständigung.
b) Doubletten 21 Stücke in 19 Spec.
c) unbrauchbar 16 St. in 15 Spec. durch Seewasser
unter a) befinden sich einige sehr schadhafte z. Theil ohne Füsse.
[Of the collection No. 2889
received from F. von Mueller, December 1879.
Birds:
a) Keep from New Guinea? (many are from Malacca, Java, Sumatra &c &c)
42 specimens in 36 species.
Of these not in the collections 10 species.
The rest for completion [i.e. of the Stuttgart Museum collection].
b) Duplicates 21 specimens in 19 species.
c) useless 16 specimens in 15 species through sea water.
among a) are several badly damaged, partly without feet.]
Adr: Dr. Sonder Hamburg
One Case containing
Collection of New Zealand Birds
1
Barren Cape Goose
2
common wild Goose
1
parcel books
1
" sponges
5
The list to this point is embraced by a large bracket with an annotation in the same hand as the remainder of the MS: 'for Prof. Dr. Krauss'.
2
" Algen f. Dr. Sonder
1
" Plants f. Director Meyer, Carlsruhe
1
" Wood f. Prof. Nördlinger
1
" Prints " Dr. Behm Gotha
D.K.2
Stuttgard
One case containing
Some fishes reptiles and spiders etc from West. Australia
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West. Australia placed in parentheses and an annotation added by Krauss: 'K. Georges Sound nach Brief v. 28/4. 79' [King George Sound according to letter of 28 April 79]. See M to F. von Krauss, 28 April 1879 (in this edition as 79-04-28a).
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The following sentences, in M's hand, are on a separate piece of paper and may be unconnected with the list. However, the reference to wood specimens for Nördlinger suggests a link between the two documents.
Die Holzstücken werden für Sie keinen Werth haben; so bitte ich Sie, solche Ihrem grossen benachbarten Xylologen Prof Nördlinger in Tübingen zuzuwenden.
Der Rev. Cambridge arbeitet auch an austral. Spinnen
The pieces of wood will have no value for you, so I ask you to let your great neighbouring xylographer, Professor Nördlinger in Tübingen have them.
The Reverend Cambridge also works on Australian spiders.
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Octavius Pickard-Cambridge. M sought news of spiders, which he had evidently sent to Germany, in M to F. von Krauss, 30 January 1880 (in this edition as 80-01-30a).