Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Commander Stephen Lushington, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy.The item concerns zoological specimens collected by Commander Felix Jones in Mesopotamia and Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and forwarded the East India Company museum in London. The item contains lists of the specimens (primarily birds), including:When they were killed or capturedWhere they were foundTheir English and Arabic names (in both Latin and Arabic script)Their dietTheir weightSupplementary remarks.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 772/52’ and ‘Collection No 66’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 369, and terminates at f 384, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
