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Letter in reply to ARW, re. ARW's eye infection; Hartert's domestic troubles; expedition in Algeria with Rothschild collecting birds and butterflies; numbers of bird specimens from Papua, Australia and the Philippines [at Tring]. 2 folios (3 pp).
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Glad Hartert wrote to ARW re. Ptilotis limbata because ARW seems to have overlooked fact that had found it in Bali - obtained only 1 specimen there - fault of agent that it got misplaced from ARW's private collection (which was afterwards purchased by the BM) & was bought by Mr Gould. ARW's notes indicate Ptilotis limbata obtained by him in Baly [sic] and Lombok. Inc. list of birds collected by ARW June 13+14, 1856.
Thanks for sending papers on birds of Baly [sic], Lombok, Tomboro, Sumba & other islands. Pleased to find that despite many additions to birds on Bali + Lombok "the broad facts of distribution as indicated by myself remain almost as marked as ever".
Asks for information re. number of species of birds now known for New Guinea incl. islands close to it - Waigiou, Sahratty + Aru islands, separating the land and the water birds; just a rough estimate; is comparing the ornithological richness of New Guinea with other larger islands and countries. Also numbers for Papuan Islands as a whole, say from Mysol to New Britain.
pray do not trouble yourself but I thought some estimate might have been made the last year or two that would do for me….
Many thanks for letter with approximate numbers of Papuan birds; agrees with Hartert's limitation of the restricted Papuan region - with one exception - the Ké Islands; needs one more figure - number of species of Birds of Paradise omitting the Bower birds but including of course the Epimachids [Epimachiedae]; and number of species of Ké Islands birds that had been added to the Papuan fauna in the list sent.