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Annual report of the Society for the Acclimatisation of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Insects and Vegetables Within the United Kingdom

by: Society for the Acclimatisation of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Insects and Vegetables within the United Kingdom, author

Publication date: 1861

Topics: Society for the Acclimatisation of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Insects and Vegetables within the United Kingdom -- Periodicals., Acclimatization -- Great Britain -- Societies, etc. -- Periodicals., Animal introduction -- Great Britain -- Periodicals., Plant introduction -- Great Britain -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Annual report of the Society for the Acclimatisation of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Insects and Vegetables Within the United Kingdom., Blacker Wood Rare Books Collection., Society for the Acclimatisation of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Insects and Vegetables within the United Kingdom -- Periodicals, Acclimatization -- Great Britain -- Societies, etc. -- Periodicals, Animal introduction -- Great Britain -- Periodicals, Plant introduction -- Great Britain -- Periodicals, Animal introduction, Plant introduction, Great Britain

Publisher: London : [publisher not identified]

Collection: mcgilluniversity; mcgilluniversityrarebooks; toronto

Contributor: McGill University Library

Language: English

volumes ; 21 cm

Second annual report (1862) includes a letter from the Governor of Queensland, Sir George Bowen, to the Society, offering to form a Queensland branch of the Society and to send consignments of Queensland fauna to London. The letter was also signed by A.C. Gregory, John Jardine and George Elphinstone Dalrymple. The reply to Bowen by the Secretaries is also printed, agreeing to the offer, and "requesting consignments of the Bustard, the Talegalla, and the Wonga Pigeon, with any other Birds, Animals, or Vegetables which would be likely to be of service to the Society". The report also records the formation of the NSW Society and an account of an unsuccessful attempt to ship live Murray Cod to Britain. QSL

2nd (1862)

Addeddate: 2022-05-31 18:01:27

Identifier: McGillLibrary-rbsc_octavo_12990_1st-8th_1861-1868-21389

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/s2nvc0nch77

Note: Second annual report (1862) includes a letter from the Governor of Queensland, Sir George Bowen, to the Society, offering to form a Queensland branch of the Society and to send consignments of Queensland fauna to London. The letter was also signed by A.C. Gregory, John Jardine and George Elphinstone Dalrymple. The reply to Bowen by the Secretaries is also printed, agreeing to the offer, and "requesting consignments of the Bustard, the Talegalla, and the Wonga Pigeon, with any other Birds, Animals, or Vegetables which would be likely to be of service to the Society". The report also records the formation of the NSW Society and an account of an unsuccessful attempt to ship live Murray Cod to Britain. QSL