20th February 1863
My dear Dr. Mueller
I beg to enclose you the account for re-payment of the £10 for the West Australian plants from your collector Mr. Maxwell,1 but as they are no use to the Museum for comparison without the specific determinations I have had them sent to your office in hope that you would allow your assistant to add them from your specimens.
I regret very much to find from yr. note that the determination of the fish I sent to the Acclimatisation Society was not for you. The large species you enquired about is the Sciaena aquila a not very uncommon species in the Bay.2 It and the little spotted dogfish have been added to your donation to the Museum with many thanks
I remain &c
F. McCoy.
Museum account: 'Dr | F Mueller | 18/16/63 Specimens etc. | For 400 specimens of dried plants from Western Australia collected by Geo. Marshall (sic) | c50/-100 10/0/0. | C.S. 38' (National Museum of Victoria account book, Melbourne Museum). See also M to F. McCoy, 18 February 1863.
See M to F. McCoy, 28 January 1863.The fish had been caught in Western Point Bay.
Please cite as “FVM-63-02-20a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on