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I enclose a specimen of one of tlie labels. 



COL. TYTLER'S MUSEUM. 



Cat. No. ^, Col. No. 316. 

 Gen. Limnaetus. 

 Sp. nipalensis. 

 Hab. Simla. 

 Sex. $. C. 



R.O.T. 



At present, after many vicissitudes, there are about 2500 

 skins remaining, many of which, however, are only worth 

 keeping until they can be replaced by newer specimens. 

 The collection is very varied and contains specimens from 

 most parts of the world, Brazil in particular being well 

 represented. There are many skins from the Andaman 

 Islands, and amongst those and other Indian skins it is 

 probable that fuller examination will reveal several ^' types," 

 as Colonel Tytler was concerned in the discovery and 

 description of several new species. 



Unfortunately the Catalogues to which all the labels refer 

 are at present not forthcoming. A lady resident in Simla, 

 who saw something of the collection in the old days, has 

 furnished the information that Hume borrowed without 

 returning it — rather a failing of his judging from old 

 ornithological correspondence ! — and it is quite possible 

 that the Catalogues are with his collections in the Natural 

 History Museum at South Kensington. At any rate, I 

 should be very grateful to anyone who can throw light on 

 their present whereabouts. 



Special cabinets are being prepared in the Lahore Central 

 Museum, and it may be hoped that the collection will now 

 be safe for many years to come. 



Yours sincerely, 



c/o Messrs. King, King & Co., Hugh Whistler. 



Bombay. 



10 June, 1918. 



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