The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [The Secretary, Dr. Renard, shows 2 photographs sent by Dr. Ferdinand Mueller of Melbourne which represent a monstrosity on the skeleton of a former flute player, remarkable above all for 2 femurs wit...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow, 1868. 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/1860-9/1868/68-00-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, vol. 41 (1868), no. 4, séances p. 111, in a report of a meeting of the Society held on 19 December 1868.

[Mr. le Secrétaire Dr. Renard montre 2 photographies envoyées par Mr. le Dr. Ferdinand Müller de Melbourne, qui réprésentent une monstruosité sur le squelette d'un ci-devant joueur de flute remarquable surtout par 2 femurs avec une patelle, une fibule et un tibia outre d'autres anomalies.]

[The Secretary, Dr. Renard, shows 2 photographs sent by Dr. Ferdinand Mueller of Melbourne which represent a monstrosity on the skeleton of a former flute player, remarkable above all for 2 femurs with one patella, one fibula and one tibia over and above other anomalies.]

See Halford (1869a), with an engraving of the skelton.