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Peregrine Falcons, Buzzards, Coots, and Moorhens, 

 the credit of making them what they now are 

 entirely belongs to him. They were not his work in 

 the first instance it is true— the back scenes not 

 being his — but they have been so altered and im- 

 proved as to be very different to what they origin- 

 ally were. In all of them, with the exception of the 

 young birds, the work involved relaxing of the skins 

 and re-stuffing. In addition to this the cases have 

 been much enlarged in breadth, the mountings very 

 much improved in regard to character of rock-work 

 and general detail, and in one or two instances 

 entirely altered. Again, much credit is due to Mr. 

 W. R. Hine for the improvements made in the 

 Sparrow Hawk, Great Northern Diver, and Part- 

 ridge cases, all three having been very much 

 enlarged. This relaxing, re-stuffing, and bringing the 

 attitude of the several species more into conformity 

 with what is natural to them has been no easy task, 

 and Mr. W. R. Hine has earned my best thanks for 

 what he has done. Besides these, there are a fair 

 number of cases of Mr. Hine's own work, 

 which are very satisfactory. I therefore con- 

 fidently recommend to the Urban District Council 

 of Waterloo his appointment as taxidermist to 

 their Museum, knowing that in him they get a first- 

 class man, who lives only a few miles away from 

 Waterloo, and an artist who will give every 

 satisfaction. 



I cannot more fitly conclude these remarks than 

 by stating my reasons for presenting to the town of 



