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Calendar of the Scientific Correspondence of Hugh Edwin Foreign Correspondence F-047 1845-01-13 Blyth to HES collection from different coutries, all duly labelled. Calcutta, India He sends a proof copy of his latest Report on He is staying a few days with the Governor General Ornithology. He asks if Blyth has any allowing him leisure for correspondence. He has correspondents in Mauritius or Rodriguez who can examined a collection of birds from Afghanistan search for bones of the Dodo or the Solitaire. [ALS belonging to an officer who will soon sail to - 2 pp] England. Hoffmeister is staying here and went out hog-hunting. He has received a big heron. [ALS - 3 F-053 1845-04 HES to Blyth pp] 39 Holywell, Oxford Although he wrote in February, there are four F-049 1845-02 HES letters by Blyth waiting to be answered. He List of birds sent by HES to Blyth in April 1845 comments on the descriptions and systematics of consisting of 54 specific names. [note - 1 p] Ardea, Falco cheela, Turdus, Crotolopha and Halcyon. [ALS - 2 pp] F-043 1845-02 HES 39 Holywell, Oxford F-078 1845-04-01 HES to Blyth He has been busy with packing his natural history He believes that Upupa indica is a variety of U. collections when he was moving his residence to epops. The common Indian Baya-bird is the same Oxford. He received 60 birds which Jerdon as Loxia philippensis, as many birds from these two collected himself. [ALS - 2 pp] countries are identical. [note - 1 p] F-048 1845-02-01 Blyth to HES F-057 1845-04-07 Blyth to HES Calcutta, India Calcutta, India He comments of Gray’s catalogue of waterbirds in A case of birds destined for HES is ready to ship. the British Museum. Capt. Charleton has returned [ALS - 2 pp] from Singapore with a collection of mammals and birds. [ALS - 4 pp] F-056 1845-04-07 Blyth to HES Calcutta, India F-077 1845-02-21 HES to Blyth He has received Antilope gutturosa from Chinese The Turtur marginata is Geopelia humeralis Tartary, also Pteromys and other rare mammals. He Temminck, figured in Gould’s Birds of Australia. comments on birds from Assam. He mentions other Arborophila olivacea is Perdix megapodius, and points of interest to Indian ornithology. [ALS - 6 Colaptes hypoxanthus is Picus rivolii. [note - 1 p] pp] F-055 1845-02-21 Blyth to HES F-079 1845-04-21 HES to Blyth Calcutta, India Scopoli’s named a Francolin from the Isle de He comments on the identification of some Indian France as pintadeus, which is too near the generic birds. Jerdon sent a Carbo. He received birds from name Pintado to be acceptable. There are two types the Almsick District. Asks about the identity of of Cape buzzard. [Addition 1845-05-10] The Turtur marginatus. Eyton has received a great Malaccan bird is Picus validus. The smaller species collection of birds from Malacca. Asks about of Phyllornis must be P. cyanopogon. [note - 1 p] descriptions of Indian woodpeckers. He received a collection of birds from the Cape of Good Hope. F-058 1845-04-21 Blyth to HES [ALS - 6 pp] Calcutta, India He received some interesting local specimens of F-050 1845-04 HES Locustella. He has been working on the Francolin List of British birds sent by W. Kirtland to Blyth in and Partridge group. He asks about the identity of April 1845 consisting of 39 species (50 specimens). Turtur and Turnix species from the Cape of Good [note - 1 p] Hope [see F-059 to 062]. [ALS - 6 pp] F-054 1845-04 HES to Blyth F-063 1845-05-10 Blyth to HES Statement to say that to procure all the desired Calcutta, India specimens of British and exotic mammals may He has received a collection of birds from Malacca mean that he needs to purchase them. He has sent a and discusses their descriptions and names. box with 104 bird skins, which include 50 British Received a few bats and other small mammals. He ones from Kirtland, subcurator of the Ashmolean obtained a specimen of Lepus hispidus. [ALS - 4 Museum. Kirtland had procured them for a friend pp] in North America, whose health deteriorated. He would like some ornamental Indian birds in F-080 1845-06-06 HES to Blyth exchange. The other 54 are duplicates from his own The common Indian Pitta is P. malaccensis 191 Foreign Correspondence Scopoli, 1786. Sonnerat’s plate 121 of Buceros a collection from the Nicobars. [ALS - 16 pp] pica is the bird which Blyth named B. malabaricus. [note - 1 p] F-095 1846 HES Provides references for Myiothura F-064 1845-06-06 Blyth to HES thamnophiloides, Muscigrella brevicauda, Calcutta, India Spermophila and Bornatorhinus. [note - 1 p] He discusses the names and descriptions of some Indian birds. [ALS - 8 pp] F-073 1846 HES Copies a paragraph from the letter by Blyth on the F-065 1845-06-06 Blyth to HES identification of Muscicapa sinensis. Needs to send Calcutta, India a formal acknowledgement when the birds are List of specimens ready for shipment to HES. The received. [note - 1 p] shipment includes many excellent specimens. The list contains the scientific names of 223 species, F-074 1846 HES some of which are represented by more than one List of specimens requested by Blyth to be sent specimen. [note - 4 pp] through Horsfield. [note - 1 p] F-081 1845-07-11 HES to Blyth F-087 1846 HES to Blyth The true Phyllorus cochinchinensis is not the true He applauds the intention of Blyth to make a P. malabaricus of Temminck. Halcyon Synopsis of Indian ornithology and it should be chlorocephala is H. collaris Scopoli. He separates published as a distinct work. He needs the modern Crateropus from Garrulea. [note - 1 p] synonyms of three species of Buceros. Last year he received a considerable number of Nepal birds F-066 1845-07-11 Blyth to HES from Hodgson, which helped to ascertain several Calcutta, India synonyms. He has been working on Malaccan He saw HES’s contribution to the Report of the birds. [note - 1 p] British Association. He regrets that the work of Buchanan Hamilton has been lost to science, while F-088 1846 HES to Blyth that of Vigors is available. He is working on a Provides synonyms of Indian birds described by series of papers on a large number of new species Eyton. Comments on a paper by Jerdon. His of birds. [ALS - 10 pp] Synopsis of the Indian thrushes is now in print. [note - 1 p] F-082 1845-07-22 HES to Blyth Bucco corvinus of Temminck is not an Indian F-084 1846-01-09 HES to Blyth species. He assumes that Blyth includes Garrulea Comments on the distinction of Dacelo concreta, and its allies among the Bulbuls. There are few Alcippe, Lamprotornis erythrophrys, Turdus descriptions of birds by Jameson in the Memoirs of ornatus and Gracula religiosa. [note - 1 p] the Wernerian Society. [note - 1 p] F-069 1846-01-09 Blyth to HES F-083 1845-07-22 HES to Blyth Calcutta, India He is puzzled with the affinities of Accentor being Comments on the September issue of the Magazine close to the Fringillidae as well as the Sylviidae. of Natural History. He provides information on [note - 1 p] matters of Indian ornithology. [ALS - 8 pp] F-067 1845-07-22 Blyth to HES F-085 1846-01-18 HES to Blyth Calcutta, India Pandalotus is a puzzling form. Gould made a States that he has made some important new mistake in identifying Edaeus magnirostris with identifications of Indian birds. [ALS - 4 pp] the Indian recurvirostris from confusion in synonymy. He doubts that Tanagers pass into F-068 1845-09-08 Blyth to HES Cerebrinae. [note - 1 p] Calcutta, India He congratulates HES on his marriage to the F-070 1846-01-18 Blyth to HES daughter of so distinguished a naturalist as Sir W. Calcutta, India Jardine, who will be sympathetic to his He discusses matters of Indian ornithology. [ALS - ornithological pursuits. As natural history is 6 pp] generally seen as boring, he avoids to mention his work in normal society outside work hours. He F-090 1846-02 HES to Blyth mentions some work on synonyms of bird names. Comments on the taxonomy of Gracula. Oriolus He hopes that HES has seen his Synopsis of Indian chinensis was well described by Brisson. [note - 2 Fringillidae. He has found a new species of bird in pp] 192 Foreign Correspondence F-071 1846-03-07 Blyth to HES gives some desiderata. [ALS - 8 pp] Calcutta, India Thanks HES for the account of his travels. He F-096 1846-08-20 Blyth to HES waits for answers to some of his queries, and for Continuation of F-094. [ALS - 10 pp] the promised translation of Sundevall’s paper. After this, he will commence on a Synopsis of F-097 1846-09-16 Blyth to HES Indian ornithology, as he has very extensive Calcutta, India material. [ALS - 6 pp] In his previous letter [F-094] he omitted some particulars about Sitta europaea. He has now F-072 1846-03-07 Blyth to HES received a collection of birds from Ceylon and Calcutta, India provides a catalogue of the 65 species received and [P.S. to F-071] He will send the required examined. [ALS - 4 pp] specimens. [ALS - 2 pp] F-098 1846-10-16 Blyth to HES F-075 1846-04-04 Blyth to HES Calcutta, India Calcutta, India The case arrived from England, delayed by the He sends a bill of lading for 3 cases for the India Doorga Pooja holidays of 12 days when all offices House and one case for Jardine containing a jar of are closed.
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