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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//letters/1860-9/1861/61-07-25b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
1
Letter not found. The text given here is from
Bulletin de la Société
I
mpériale
Zoologique d'A
cclimatation, 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 (Dase
l
o 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-suck
e
rs, est adressé à la Société impériale d'acclimatation, à laquelle il se propose de
faire parvenir prochainement des
Native Compa
ni
ons. 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
w
ings Pigeons
(Colombes d'Australie) et une collection de graines pour le jardin d'acclimatation
d'Alger.]
[Various communications
are received from Mr
Ramel; the
y are taken from a letter of Messrs Mueller and Wilson
of
25
July, and
from
the
Argus
, Melbourne newspaper, of the same date.
2
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 Jac
k
ass (
Daselo
gigantea
) could be advantageously used as a destroyer of snakes, announces that he has just
made
t
hree 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
addr
essed to the Imperial Acclimatis
ation 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 Ya
rr
a. The third includes a pair of
Bronze
-
wing Pigeons
(Australia
n doves
) and a collection of seeds for the
Algiers
acclimatis
ation
garden
.]
3
Dacelo.
4
Lincolnshire, cleared out of Melbourne 22 July 1861 ('Shipping intelligence',
Argus, 23 July p. 4), with details of the fish and birds sent in
Argus, 27 July, 1861, p. 4, col. g.