Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 07/12/1904, N L Buchanan, Collingwood to Professor W B Benham, Imported birds may be changing their feeding habits as I have seen starlings feeding on flax flowers like the Tui

Letter, 21/12/1904, Rick Henley, Pigeon Island to Professor W B Benham, Sending a snail with frond like gills. Also a thrush with it's ears closed and a teal

Letter, 14/09/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Sent a few Annelids I found. Also head tentacles and tube of large Labella. 2 Annelids you may not have seen mentioned in Ehler's paper

Letter, 29/09/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, All worms described by Ehler from dredging in Lyttelton and Akaroa were obtained by me. Could you send me some Annelids. Would you like Notarchus glaucus cheesum

Letter, 13/07/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, The specimen from the Snares was collected by Capt. Hutton. It has the M.S, name A huttoni. The Maquarie Is. Is like A mammoratus; suggests A colquhouni as a name. he intends publishing every year in Trans N.Z. Inst. A supplement to the mollusca of the Index. P.S. He now has specimens of the Diplodon butulontus .

Letter, 11/08/1904, William Salteld to Professor W B Benham, unsure who caught the Emperor penguin, but he is sure it was preserved by Wilson.

Letter, 17/09/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Discussion on Venus subrata.

Letter, 05/11/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Discussion on Venus subrata and whether the jiliosene form is the same as the miocene .

Letter, 22/08/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Doesn't wish to publish their Nudibranchs in Lemyin's Philippinem. Thanks for information on the curious creature Ramaslina.

Letter, 04/11/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Discussion on whether the large form of Dendrostoma would represent L lutens. Hua.

Letter, 26/10/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Mentions earthworms from Stephens Island in Cook Strait were collected by Capt. Bollens. Also mentions that Ehlus as advised the is no reprint available of his paper on N.Z.annelids.

Letter, 08/10/1904, Henry Suter, Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Discussion on use of nomenclature in naming species.