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the present bird was shipped at Buenos Ayres, but about 

 this I am not sure. In the meantime our grass lands are 

 being regularly scorched up, and our trees given over to 

 the caterpillar and cankerworm." ^ 



But in addition to his correspondence, Lord Lilford set 

 himself the daily task of entering a register of the arrivals 

 of new birds and the general progress of his collection. 

 How carefully and fully this was done, when health per- 

 mitted, will be gathered from Appendix I. It is the 

 record for the first eight months of 1893. 



^ To the Rev. Canon Tristram. 



