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Ferdinand von Mueller to Prospero Ramel, 1862-05 [62.05.00f]. 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/1860-9/1862/62-05-00f-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, vol. 10 (1863), p. 73. The report of the meeting of 25 December 1862 included, immediately preceding this extract, a summary of a report in
The Field
of the acclimatization of the Emu in England. The letter to Ramel is dated to May
1862 as the clipper
Lincolnshire
'cleared out' of Melbourne on 27 May (
Argus,
28 May 1862, p. 4) and had arrived in London by 19 August (
Morning post
[London], 19 August 1862, p. 7). Ramel appears to have written to the Society in
August, expecting that the
Linconlnshire
would have arrived in, or would soon reach, London.
Par la lettre qui m'arrive de Colombo, malle échouée aux Maldives, j'apprends qu'une
paire de Gallinula tenebrosa est adressée par M. le docteur Mueller, de Melbourne,
à M. Sclater, secrétaire du Jardin zoologique de Londres, pour le Jardin d'acclimatation du bois de Boulogne.
C'est le Lincolnshire qui apporte ces oiseaux.
Ils sont arrivés ou vont arriver au premier jour.]
[To this information that Mr P. Ramel has the kindness to send us from Marseilles,
our zealous correspondent adds the following reflections: …
By the letter that reaches me from Colombo, mailbag delayed in the Maldives, I learn
that a pair of Gallinula tenebrosa is addressed by Dr Mueller of Melbourne to Mr Sclater,
secretary of the London Zoological Gardens, for the Jardin d'acclimatation of the
Bois de Boulogne.
It is the
Lincolnshire
that brings these birds.
They arrived or will arrive very soon.]