From Edward Ramsay1    4 February 1880

Aust. Mus. Syd

Feb. 4th 1880

Baron Ferd. von Mueller C.M.G. &c &c &c

 

My dear Baron

The only Crocodiles that I have seen from Australia are Crocodilus biporcatus (Gray) and Philas (Tomistoma?) Johnstonei (Kr[)]

I have heard that the species from the Norman River2 is distinct from that of Cardwell3 and Eastern Queensland but although I have examined young specimen from Norman River, Port Darwin,4 Pt Essington,5 Cooktown,6 and Cardwell & the South East Coast of New Guinea — I have failed to find any difference between them & believe them all to be of the same species, which is [I]7 believe Crocodilus biporcatus

I am afraid the 1st vol of the Lin. Soc. is out of print. If we have a copy left I will ask the Council to send it to you. If you can tell me the No or the Paper you wish for I may be able to get an odd […]8

 
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This letter is clearly an answer to M to E. Ramsay, 30 January 1880. This sheet will have been included in a letter from M to Ferdinand von Krauss in response to his question about the identity of the 'gavial'; see n. 4 to F. von Krauss to M, 13 December 1879. Although enclosures were not mentioned, it was probably included with M to F. von Krauss, 16 February 1880.
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Word omitted by Ramsay?
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An unknown amount of text missing.

Please cite as “FVM-80-02-04,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/80-02-04