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areas do overlap to some extent in the Lebanon, though 1 

 cannot say whether that is ever the case in the breeding- 

 season. 



Yours &c., 



W. T. Van Dyck, M.D. 



Beyroiit, Syria, 



January 20, 1895. 



Sirs, — Lieutenant W. Robinson, author of that recent 

 book ' A Flying Trip to the Tropics,^ intends to leave New 

 York on June 13th by one of the " Red D " line of steamers for 

 Cura9ao and La Guayra, en route to the island of Margarita, 

 lying off the coast of Venezuela. 



Mr. Robinson had his attention called to this island, the 

 fauna of which seems to be imperfectly known, by the notices 

 which appeared in the January number of ' The Ibis ' 

 (pp. 144-172). 



Mr. Robinson is an enthusiastic ornithologist, as attested 

 to by his observations and descriptions of the birds of 

 Colombia, recorded in the book above noted ; and, since he 

 goes mainly in search of birds, we may reasonably look 

 forward to gratifying results from his visit. 



Yours &c., 



Shelley W. Denton, 



Wellesley, Mass., U. S. A., 

 June 7, 1895. 



Curator, Brewster Museum, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Sirs, — I was unable to be present at the 25th Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists^ Club on April 17th, but I read in the 

 'Bulletin'' that it is likely that a new edition of Capt. Shelley's 

 * Birds of Egypt ' will be brought out. If so, will you let me 

 mention that, with regard to Bonelli's Eagle, Capt. Shelley 

 says, " I have never met with it during my several visits to 

 those countries (^Egypt and Lower Nubia), nor have I seen 

 an Egyptian specimen in any collection.''^ I shot a bird of 

 this species myself on Feb. 6, 1872, near Dendera, when 

 flying over the dahabeyah, and it is uov/ stuffed in my 



