HEB- HYA, 25 June 1814-05 November 1889

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File Volume 15

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ff.3-42a J. Hector (Dunedin, Wellington) to Owen; (16 letters) Subjects include moa skeleton found by miners; geological sequence in New Zealand; skeletons of Notornis; J. von Haast; tracings of Waipara fossils; antiquity of moa; Sir Walter Buller; despatch of specimens; treatment of New Zealand specimens in British Museum; G. Bennett; moa feathers in Otago Museum. [1859-1880]

ff.42b-45 Lieut. B. Helpman (Sharks Bay) to Owen; Sends skeleton of marine animal found at Sharks Bay, Western Australia. [24 Dec 1850]

ff.133-139 E.S. Hill (Sydney) to Owen; Statement about kangaroos in work of C. Darwin; observations of fear and anger of kangaroos. (copy) [18 April 1873]

f.147 H. Hinton (Sofala) to Owen; Despatch of bones; difficulty of catching platypus. [03 Dec 1856]

f.148 H. Hinton to Owen; Bones discovered at gold diggings. [04 Feb 1856]

ff.153-154 E. Hitchcock (Amherst, Mass.) to Owen; Accounts by Capts. J. Cook and M. Flinders of large bird nests in Australia; sends account of bird footprints in sandstone. [23 July 1844]

ff.180-181 E.C. Hobson (Melbourne) to Owen; Sends large fossil bones found by P. Mayne; skull of an Indigenous Australian; seeks to become member of Geological and Zoological Societies. [27 Jan 1844]

ff.182-183 E.C. Hobson to Owen; Sends drawing of animal skull found on banks of River Murray. [15 March 1847]

ff.247-248 C.J. Holdsworth (Wilmslow) to Owen; Seeks to identify bone from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. [18 Nov 1884]

ff.251-259 E. Holland (Evesham) to Owen; Receipt of fossils from F.N. Isaac at Darling Downs; Owen's book sent to Australia. (5 letters) [1846-1849]

ff.340-341 Sir Everard Home (Sydney) to Owen; Describes fighting fish at Singapore; G. Macleay; Maori reports about moa. [13 April 1844]

f.348 Sir Everard Home to Owen; Introduces Wood, surgeon of H.M.S. Calliope.[28 Dec 1850]

ff.350-351 Sir Everard Home to Owen; Despatch of specimens from Sydney; Capt. H.M. Denham. [22 Feb 1853]

ff.352-385 T.H.C. Hood (Sydney, Christchurch, Taranaki, Grieff) to Owen; (14 letters) Subjects include reptile fossils found on Middle Island; geological features of Canterbury region; exploration of Waipara Hills; visit to England (1870); moa-hunters; antiquity of Maoris; J. von Haast; seizure of Maori lands by European settlers; drawings of Miss Gordon-Cumming.[1861-1887]

ff.443-444 F. Huddleston (Nelson) to Owen; Sends photograph and description of sea mammal washed ashore on Middle Island. [27 Aug 1866]

ff.452-453 A. von Hugel to Owen; Loss of specimens on journey to England; hopes British Museum will purchase 20 skulls, chiefly Fijian. [10 Feb]

ff.483-495 F.W. Hutton (Dunedin) to Owen; Moa bone deposit at Hamilton; J. von Haast; despatch of fossils including complete skull of D. crassus; classification of moa; acquisition of publications. (7 letters) [1874-1876]

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