118 Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Announcements, 8^'c. 



His time of collecting would extend from November to March 

 or April. This is, of course, out of the question at present ; but 

 in a few days I am going to send him cS^lOO, to see what he can 

 get me for that : I do not expect much ; but, ' nothing venture, 

 nothing have/ " 



"Nov. 2, 1860. 

 " I am not despairing yet about Dodoes bones ; I saw some 



that were found in a cavern last week. The finder. Dr. Ayres, 

 assures me that they are those of the Rodriguez bird, and not 

 the Mauritian Dodo : he intends to give them to the British 

 Museum. We are to have a regular search in the cavern the 

 first opportunity. What is curious, is that with them he found 

 Deers' teeth, as well as Reptiles^, and some other Bird's bones, 

 which latter were so brittle he could not preserve them." 



In our next Number we hope to be able to give some notes of 

 Mr. E. Newton's, relating to his short sojourn at Savanne. 



Mr. Wallace's collections from Amboyna and Ceram have 

 arrived in England. The greatest novelty in them is a beautiful 

 new Basilornis with an erect crest, making the second of the 

 genus. Other species of interest are Lorius domicella, Eos rubra, 

 Trichophorus flavicaudus, and Tamjsiptera dea (?). 



Mr. Wallace's latest letters, dated from Ceram, in June last, 

 speak of the probability of his return to England being not long 

 delayed. He had been much disappointed with the results of 

 an expedition to the northern part of the island, and was then 

 intending to go to Mysol, which was expected to prove a good 

 locality. 



Mr. Edward Hearle Bodd informs us that a good male spe- 

 cimen of the Spotted Eagle [Aquila ncevia), with the elliptical 

 spots on the wing-coverts, and scapularies well marked, was shot 

 on the 4th of December, in the parish of Northhill in the eastern 

 part of Cornwall. The occurrence is also mentioned in the 

 ' Times ' of December 12th. This bird has only once, we believe, 

 occurred previously in the British Islands, namely, in Ireland, in 

 1845, as recorded in the first Supplement to Yarrell's British 

 Birds (p. 11) and other publications. 



