The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 25/10/66 ¶ Dear & honored Sir, ¶ ¶ Simultaneously with this note you will receive a small phial containing the impregnated ovum of an Echidna, sent to me by a friend, who ...

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Natural History Museum, London, General Library, Owen correspndence, vol. XIX, f. 374. 66.10.25b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Owen, 1866-10-25 [66.10.25b]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-10-25b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. Garden,

25/10/66

Dear & honored Sir,

Simultaneously with this note you will receive a small phial containing the impregnated ovum of an Echidna, sent to me by a friend, who obtained it from an animal he captured [&] opened about the middle of this month. Dr Rudall and myself thought to send it to you unexamined, especially as we have no other parts of the animal to accompany the ovum.

The Zoological Accessions Register/ Mammalia-Reptilia-Pisces /1861.9.9-1890.30.12 of the Natural History Museum, London, contains no entry for the receipt of any Echidna ovum in the years 1866 to 1869.

Ever with profound regards your

Ferd. Mueller.