The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 13 Febr. 62. ¶ Dear Sir. ¶ ¶ I regard it my duty to bring under your notice that many hawk are observed in the suburban parks and reserves and that it will not be possible fo...

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Unit 553, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 62.02.13

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Clement Hodgkinson, 1862-02-13. 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/1860-9/1862/62-02-13-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. Garden,

13 Febr. 62.

Dear Sir.

I regard it my duty to bring under your notice that many hawk are observed in the suburban parks and reserves and that it will not be possible for me to protect the liberated singing birds, which are becoming numerous in this garden, if these rapacious birds are not as far as ever possible destroyed in the environs of the city.

Convinced that you will gladly second the efforts of the Acclimation Society to naturalize the English Songbirds,

See Maroske & Gilfedder (1994).

I beg to solicit, that you will instruct the park keepers under your control to destroy any hawks coming within their reach and to provide them with the necessary means for the purpose.

See also M to the Editor of the Argus, 6 February 1862, in which M states that as far as possible protection was afforded to birds liberated in the Botanic Garden.

I remain, my dear Mr Hodgkinson,

your attached

Ferd. Mueller

Clem. Hodgkinson Esq

&c&c&c