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PEOCEEDIKGS OP THE 



EiCHARDSOX, Sir John. 



Chatham. 



18 June 1829. 

 Dumfrie.s. 



8 July 1829. 



London. 



24 Sept. 1829. 



No date. 

 London. 



5 Dec. 1829. 



Chatham. 



18 Dec. 1829. 



1,2, & 24 Mar. 1830. 



4,13, & 25 Apr. 1880. 



7 May 1830. 



] & 13 June 1830. 



5 Oct. 1830. 



17 Oct. 1830. 



24 Oct. 1830. 



31 Oct. 1830. 



2 Nov. 1830. 



10 Nov. 1830. 



16 Nov. 1830. 

 21 Nov. 1830. 

 30 Nov. 1830. 



13 Dec. 1830. 



2 Jan. 1831. ( 



20 Peb. 1831. j 



13 Mar. 1831. 



16,22&25Mar.l831.( 



5 April 1831. ( 



London. 



13 April 1831. 

 22 April 1831. 



Chatham. 

 25 April 1831. 



Referring to the expenses of Faun. Bor.-Amer. — 



proposes to S. names for new genera. 

 Murray complains of the expenses — R. is scarcely 



reimbursed for his own — referring to JS.'s 



payment. 

 Sends S. £61 — he prepares the descriptions of 



Birds. 

 On Cinclus pallasii. 

 R.'s notes to be kept distinct fromS.'s — on various 



names of birds — Kirby's entomol. contribution 



to Fauna Bor.-Amer. 



Meeting with S. 



Referring to the progress of tlieir joint work on 



Birds; S.'s MS. rather backward — R. obtains 



for S. the loan of the birds in the Chatham 



Museum. 

 R. urges S. to get on with his MS., as by his 



delay he is endangering the continuation of 



the whole undertaking, which requires help 



from Government. — Curious statement about 



Beechey's collection of Birds. 

 ''Gould, the stuff er to the Zool. Soc," has his 



Century of Himalayan Birds in hand — about 



"Ward — is still working at the descriptions of 



the Land-birds. 

 Is not versmt in the mode of forming Latin names 



from the Greek — will take S.'s advice and 



abridge his descriptions. 

 S. unwell. 

 R. is impatient of the continued delay, and 



reminds S. of their mutual relations to the 



work. 

 About Finches — referring to Roy. Soc. 



progress of 

 Ducks and 



The new Pres. Roy. Soc. — referring to miscel 



laneous matters. 

 On Drummond, a collector — slow 



their work — on the genei'a of 



Waders. 



Referring to their joint work. 



Is mistrustful of French Naturalists. 



Referring to their joint work. 



Generously ottering to S. to give S.'s name as the 



authority for all new species. 

 Can admit S. into the Museum of the Zoolog. Soc, 



but cannot open the cases on account of 



Vigors's jealousv {cfr. Yitrors's replv in Loud. 



Mag. N. H. 183i). 



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