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- [10] Feb 1845 (Creation)
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Memo of Zoological Collections
Feby. [10?] 1845
Delivered to the British Museum as per letter 3rd January
Mam. Skins Bird Skins M[ammal] Skins Bird Bones
402 4444 406 + 663 = 1069
to these Brit. Museum added priorly sent collection and then distributed as follows, as by J.E. Gray's letter of 9 Feby.
Bird Skins Mammal Skins Bird Bones Mammal
Bones and
Horns
British Museum 1753 170 337 195
India House 655 102 79 45 horns
Leyden 536 78 40
Paris 462 48 52
Berlin 411 37
Frankfurt 352 7
Edinbro. 321
Dublin 290
Newcastle 259
Canterbury 237 2
Manchester 213
Earl Derby 205
H. Strickland 169
Royal College of Surg. 140 58
Haslar College 1 79
near Gosport
5863 443 300
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- British Museum (Natural History) (Subject)
- Hodgson, Brian Houghton (Subject)