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Magd[alene] Coll[ege Cambridge].

Re Alfred Newton.

65: Letter of 29 Dec 1884 , with separate sheet with notes and sources on mink.

Magd[alene] Coll[ege], Cambridge. - Huxley has confirmed that a Royal Commission ['on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science'] is to be convened with himself as a member; would Houghton mention Newton's name to Mr. Forster? Would accept Secretaryship if members already appointed.

Magdalene College, Cambridge - Is glad Frazer will write 'The Athenaeum' about Sir George Birdwood's letter, who made a mistake about a parrot; offers to proofread his letter from an ornithological standpoint; notes that Birdwood had referenced him [Newton], but only from old sources.

University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge - Discusses whether an image is of a guinea fowl or a turkey, and notes they are often confused with one another.

Magdalene College, Cambridge - Frazer is welcome to quote him on white blackbirds but he would like to see the proof; also discusses the Cyllenian Cossyphi and Stymphalian birds; recommends using [Pierre] Belon's ['Les observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables'].

Magd[alene] Coll[ege], Cambridge. - Possible Royal Commission on the relations between State and Science; would like to be a member.

Magdalene College, Cambridge - Discusses white blackbirds, mentioned in Pausanias.

Magdalene College, Cambridge. Dated 27 October, 1899 - Is glad Frazer will write 'The Athenaeum' about Sir George Birdwood's letter, who made a mistake about a parrot; offers to proofread his letter from an ornithological standpoint; notes that Birdwood had referenced him [Newton], but only from old sources.

University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Dated 25 October, 1899 - Discusses whether an image is of a guinea fowl or a turkey, and notes they are often confused with one another.

Magdalene College, Cambridge. Dated 28 November, 1891 - Frazer is welcome to quote him on white blackbirds but he would like to see the proof; also discusses the Cyllenian Cossyphi and Stymphalian birds; recommends using [Pierre] Belon's 'Les observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables'.

Magdalene College, Cambridge. Dated 27 November, 1891 - Discusses white blackbirds, mentioned in Pausanias.

Magd[alene] Coll[ege], Cambridge. - Is a candidate for Professorship of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy; solicits Houghton's influence with W. H. Thompson and the Public Orator [W. G. Clark]; will circulate testimonials from Owen and other naturalists.

Inch-ma-home, Cambridge - Thanks him for his letter giving his permission to use his name on the memorial [to the Australian government on preserving the anthropological record of 'primitive men now left on the globe']; other signatories are Professors [Sir Richard] Jebb, [Frederic?] Maitland, [Charles] Waldstein [later Walston], [James?] Ward, [Henry Francis?] Pelham, Andrew Lang, Henry Jackson, and James Bryce, and of Cambridge science men, [Sir Michael?] Foster, [Alfred?] Newton, [Sir Francis?] Darwin, [John Newport] Langley, [Adam?] Sedgwick.