The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Dr. Mueller reported that he had heard from Dr. Phillipi, ¶ of Santiago, of the safe arrival of the black swans sent by this society, these birds being the first of the kind ever seen in South Am...

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64.00.00a

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Rudolph Philippi to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864 [64.00.00a]. 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/1860-9/1864/64-00-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see the report of the meeting if the Council of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria (Argus, 26 August 1864, p. 5).

[Dr. Mueller reported that he had heard from Dr. Phillipi,

Philippi.

of Santiago, of the safe arrival of the black swans sent by this society, these birds being the first of the kind ever seen in South America. Dr. Phillipi promises to send in exchange some of the beautiful black-necked swans.]