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seventy Beeves' Pheasants, and turned them 

 out. They are very hardy and excellent eating, 

 but my brother complains that they do not rise 

 high and give such artistic shots as the other 

 species. . . . 



* I am very glad to hear that the Crown 

 Prince of Austria is an ornithologist. Is it 

 alive or dead that he wants Aquila adalberti ? 1 

 In the latter case I shall be glad to offer two 

 skins for his acceptance ; in the former I have 

 no doubt that I can get him as many as he 

 wants next year. There are several interesting 

 birds to be found in the neighbourhood : for 

 instance, Parus ultramarinuSj which is the 

 Common Tit of these parts ; and the chaffinch 

 peculiar to the country, Fringilla spodiogenys. I 

 have had great pleasure in making the acquaint- 

 ance of the Abbe Armand David, the Chinese 

 missionary and naturalist ; he is spending the 

 winter here for his health, and is a very pleasant 

 man with a great store of ornithological know- 

 ledge, and a great deal of modesty. . . . 



1 Excuse this horrible scrawl, but the French 

 never could make paper, ink, or steel pens, and 



1 Adalbert's Eagle. 



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