From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Zoological Society of London [May 1869]

[A communication was read from Dr. F. von Mueller, F.R.S., C.M.Z.S., containing a list of birds permanently occurring, or periodically visiting, the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne:—


1.	Falco melanogenys.
2.	Ieracidea berigora.
3.	——— occidentalis.
4.	Astur novae-hollandiae.
5.	——— approximans.
6.	Accipiter torquatus.
7.	Circus assimilis.
8.	Strix tenebricosus.
9.	Athene boobook.¹
10.	——— strenua.
11.	Aegotheles novae-hollandiae.²
12.	Hirundo neoxena.
13.	Atticora leucosternon.
14.	Dacelo giguntea.
15.	Alcoyne azurea.
16.	Halcyon sancta.³
17.	Artamus sordidus.⁴
18.	——— superciliosus.
19.	Dicaeum hirundinaceum.
20.	Pardalotus punctatus.
21.	Graucalus melanopsis.
22.	Pachycephala melanura.
23.	——— pectoralis.
24.	Colluricincla harmonica.
25.	Oreoica gutturalis.
26.	Falcunculus frontalis.⁵
27.	Gymnorhina tibicen.
28.	——— leuconota.
29.	Corcorax leucopterus.
30.	Corvus coronoides.
31.	Strepera anaphonensis.⁶
32.	——— graculina.
33.	Rhipidura motacilloides.
34.	——— rufifrons.
35.	——— albiscapa.
36.	Seissura inquieta.
37.	Malurus cyaneus.
38.	——— melanotus.
39.	Stipiturus malacurus.
40.	Sphenoeacus gramineus.
41.	Calamanthus fuliginosus.
42.	Anthus australis.
43.	Sericornis osculans.
44.	Acanthiza chrysorrhoa.
45.	——— lineata.
46.	——— nana.
47.	Ephthianura albifrons.
48.	Petroica phoenicea.
49.	——— multicolor.
50.	Cincloramphus rufescens.
51.	Estrelda bella.⁷
52.	——— temporalis.⁸
53.	Amadina lathami.
54.	Oreocinela lanaulata.
55.	Oriolus viridis.
56.	Meliphaga australasiana.⁹
57.	——— longirostris.
58.	Glyciphila albifrons.
59.	——— fulvifrons.¹⁰
60.	Ptilotis penicillata.
61.	Anthochaera lunulata.
62.	——— mellivora.¹¹
63.	Acanthogenys rufogularis.¹²
64.	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris.
65.	Tropidorhynchus corniculatus.
66.	Melithreptes lunulatus.
67.	Cimacteris scandens.
68.	Sittella chrysoptera.
69.	Calyptorhynchus naso.
70.	Aprosmictus scapulatus.
71.	Platycercus eximius.
72.	——— pennantii.
73.	Nymphicus novae-hollandiae¹³
74.	Euphema elegans.¹⁴
75.	Melopsittacus adulatus.
76.	Trichoglossus rubritorques.
77.	——— pusillus.¹⁵
78.	Cuculus cinerascens.¹⁶
79.	Chrysococcyx lucidus.¹⁷
80.	Phaps chalcoptera.
81.	Peristera elegans.¹⁸
82.	Synoecus australis.¹⁹
83.	——— diemenensis.
84.	Lobivanellus lobatus.²⁰
85.	Scolopax australis.
86.	Schoeniclus australis^.²¹
87.	——— subarquatus.²²
88.	Rhynchaea australis.
89.	Herodias syrmatophorus.
90.	Herodias syrmatophorus.
91.	Grus australis.²³
92.	Botaurus australis.
93.	Platalea regia.
94.	Porphyrio melanotus.
95.	Fulica australis.
96.	Rallus pectoralis.
97.	Gallinula tenebrosa.
98.	Cygnus atratus.
99.	Cereopsis novae-hollandiae.²⁴
100.	Anseranas melanoleuca.²⁵
101.	Bernicla jubata.²⁶
102.	Anas superciliosa.
103.	——— naevosa.
104.	——— punctata.
105.	Malacorhynchus membranaceus.
106.	Biziura lobata.
107.	Nyroca australis.
108.	Sternula nereis.
109.	Pelicanus conspicillatus.
110.	Phalacrocorax carboides.
111.	——— leucogaster.
112.	——— sulcirostris.
113.	Podiceps australis.
114.	——— gularis

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name (accessed 11 October 2023) but see Gould (1848), vol, 1, plate [32].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 2, plate [1].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Global Biodiversity Information Facility, https://www.gbif.org/species/5228370 (accessed 11 October 2023).

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 2, plate [27].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Swainson (1836-7), vol 2, p. 11, fig. 119.

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 2, plate [45].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 3, plate [78].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 3, plate [82].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 4, plate [27].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 4, plate [28].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 4, plate [56].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 4, plate [53].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 5, plate [45].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 5, plate [38].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 5, plate [54].

Typesetters' error for Cuculus cineraceus?

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 4, plate [89].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 5, plate [65].

Typesetters' error for Synoicus?

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 6, plate [9].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 6, plate [30].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 6, plate [32].

Grus australasianus? In Australian Faunal Directory and Gould (1848), vol 6, plate [48] under this name.

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 7, plate [1].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 7, plate [2].

Not in Australian Faunal Directory under this name, but see Gould (1848), vol 7, plate [3].

Letter not found. For the text given here, see B69.06.01.

Please cite as “FVM-69-05-00b,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/69-05-00b

From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Zoological Society of London [May 1869]

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