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River Caiiche valley, and one has no sort of difficulty in 

 finding their nests everywhere where there are osier plan- 

 tations — and that is practically everywhere in the Montreuil 

 neighbourhood. 



Yours faithfully, 



The Forest, W. Maitland CongREVE, 

 Kerry, Montgomeryshire. Major R.A. 



18 July, 1918. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant. 



It is with deep regret we learn that Mr, W. R. Ogilvie- 

 Grant has been compelled through ill-health to resign his 

 post at the Natural History Museum, where he has had 

 charge of the Bird-room and the Bird-collections since the 

 death of Dr. Sharpe in 1909. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant was 

 appointed a Second-class Assistant in the Museum in 1882, 

 and in 1885 commenced working in the Bird-room as a 

 colleague of Dr. Sharpe. He became Assistant Keeper of 

 the Zoological Department in I913. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant 

 joined the 1st County of London Regt, (Volunteers) soon 

 after the commencement of the War, and it was while 

 working on the outer defences of London in August 1916 

 that he got a sunstroke which led to further serious illness, 

 from which he is now slowly recovering. 



We hope that the relief from official worries and the quiet 

 of the country, to which he lias lately moved, will have a 

 beneficial effect on his health, and that he will soon be able 

 to resume his work in the advancement of Ornithology. 



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