WAG-WIL, 23 July 1828-17 September 1889

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File Volume 26

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ff.19-20 R. Waitt (Casterton, N.Z.) to Owen; Discovery by McAlpine of recent footprints of large bird; offers to send gizzard stones of moa. [02 July 1860]

ff.21-22 R. Waitt to Owen; Bad weather prevented search for moa fossils; J. von Haast. [20 Jan 1861]

ff.25-26 F. Wakefield to Owen; Emigration to New Zealand; hopes to compile book on fauna of New Zealand; requests copy of Owen's book on moa. [06 July 1863]

f.27 W. Wakefield (Wellington) to J. Gowen; Difficulty of collecting moa bones; possibility moas still alive on Middle Island; hopes British Museum will acquire collection of birds of P. Earl. (copy) [11 Oct 1844]

f.28 W. Wakefield to J. Gowen; Despatch of specimen of moa; bones collected by W. Mantell; theory of W. Swainson of method of eating of moas. (extract) [12 Aug 1847]

ff.29-30 W. Wakefield to Owen; Thanks for work on kiwi and moa; copy deposited in Literary Institution at Nelson; surveyor of Otago directed to search for bones; collection of P. Earl. [01 Aug 1845]

ff.165-166 F.G. Waterhouse (Adelaide) to Owen; Thanks for publications; hopes more discoveries will be made of extinct flora and fauna in interior of Australia. [15 June 1873]

ff.167-168 F.G. Waterhouse to Owen; Unaware of reported remains of Diprotodon in South Australia; sends sketch of tooth of shark found at Lake Bonney. [07 Sept 1876]

ff.176-179 F.G. Waterhouse to Owen; Sends fossil remains of mammals from Adelaide Museum; encloses letter from W. Challoner offering to present collection of Diprotodon specimens. [08 Nov 1870]

ff.236-237 G. Weatherhead to Secretary, Zoological Society; Natural history specimens, including female platypus sent from N.S.W. by Lieut. L. Maule; quotes from letter of Maule concerning nests and eggs. [11 Sept 1832]

ff.293-294 W. Whisker to Rev. W. Buckland; Observations of growth of embryo possums at Sydney in 1835. [n.d.]

f.320 W. White to S. Yardley; Royal Society suggest fossil bones mentioned in letter of Sir George Verdon be given to British Museum. [25 Sept 1877]

ff.325-326 Rev. S. Whitmee (Samoa) to Owen; Offers specimen of Didunculus strigoiostrus indigenous to Samoa; willing to collect other natural history specimens. [02 July 1869]

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