SHR – STO, May 1829-18 March 1889

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File Volume 24

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ff.22-23 E. Sidney (Sudbury) to Owen; Arrangement for moa bones to be sent to Owen; weapons found with bones. [08 Nov 1858]

ff.39-40 B. Silliman to Owen; Thanks for memoirs; ornithic fossils of New Zealand purchased by British Museum; ornithic and reptilian remains in Connecticut. [03 Dec 1856]

f.42 B. Silliman to Owen; Sends copy of American Journal of Science; awaits article on great Struthioid bird from New Zealand. [19 April 1843]

ff.48-49 B. Silliman (New Haven) to Owen; Thanks for monograph on New Zealand birds. [20 Nov 1848]

ff.50-51 W. Silver to Owen; Sends article on moa; refers to paper by 'Anglo New Zealander' (W. Buller). [27 Jan 1875]

ff.52-53 W. Silver to Owen; Publication of Owen's paper; report of discovery by native of remains of L. Leichhardt; E.A. Petherick. [04 March 1881]

f.81a A. Sinclair. Note on kiwi egg found at Mercury Bay; [06 Dec 1847]

ff.82-84 L. Sinclair (Auckland) to Owen; Theory of evolution; tendency to change in all animals caused by Law of Reproduction. [06 July 1869]

ff.247-248 A. Le Soeuf (Crediton) to Owen; Seeks advice on erection of models of extinct animals at Melbourne Zoological Gardens, especially gigantic lizard. [18 April 1885]

ff.249-250 A. Le Soeuf (Melbourne) to Owen; Platypus discovered at Indigenous Australian mission at Gippsland. [04 Oct 1886]

ff.318-319 J.H. Stallard (Leicester) to Owen; Seeks skulls of major races for lecture; coronal suture of Indigenous Australians. [13 Jan 1848]

f.322 Bishop E. Stanley to Owen; Sends young emu in shell sent by Capt. O. Stanley. [27 Dec 1848]

f.351 S. Stevens to Owen; New Zealand birds for sale, including femur of moa. [29 Jan 1855]

f.380 G.G. Stokes to Owen; Requests abstract of paper on fossil remains of Australia. [13 June 1865]

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