August 12 [186]31
Sir
Herewith I have the honor to return you the letter from Mr Strachan2 which was laid before the Council yesterday. The Council are fully sensible that it would be very desirable to effect an exchange with Mr Strachan of some male birds for his females but they wish to leave the matter entirely in your hands as it must be for you to say whether it be profitable to catch the male birds now in the Aviary.3
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedt Servant
Geo Sprigg
Secretary
To Dr Mueller F.R.S.
&c &c &c
Please cite as “FVM-63-08-12a,” 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