Ferdinand von Mueller

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation , vol. 9 (1862), p. 57. The letter is dated to November 1861 as the latest likely date for it to have been sent and reported at the meeting of the Society held on 3 January 1862.

[M. Ramel annonce l'envoi, par M. Mueller de graines de Palmiers qui paraissent devoir réussir dans les endroits abrités des côtes de la Méditerranée. Il fait connaître, en même temps, que M. Mueller, désireux d'accroître les richesses des collections de la Société, pense pouvoir, dans un avenir prochain, lui faire parvenir des spécimens vivants de l'Oiseau-lyre, car il a pu conserver pendant six mois une femelle, qui a été privée, tout en conservant une bonne santé.]

[Mr Ramel announces the dispatch by Mr Mueller of seeds of Palm trees that appear as though they should succeed in sheltered places on the coasts of the Mediterranean. At the same time he points out that Mr Mueller, desirous of increasing the riches of the Society’s collections, thinks that in the near future he will be able to send him living specimens of the lyre bird, because he has been able to keep for six months a female that has been kept isolated, all the while maintaining good health.

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See also M to R. Heales, 10 January 1861.

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