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Lower Danube. . . . Seebohm told me that he 

 was to do the warblers for the " British Museum 

 Catalogue." I believe that we could hardly find 

 a better man than Shelley for the Sunbirds, if he 

 will undertake it. We have had some fun at 

 Lilford with a Peregrine Tiercel which began to 

 take partridges well, in spite of our big fences.' 



To the same. 



' SS. " Glowworm," R.Y.S., Cadiz : February 12, 1879. 



' Du Bocage was exceedingly kind in show- 

 ing me over the Portuguese collection at the 

 Museum. I cannot call it a very fine one, but 

 the interesting part of it to me is its difference 

 from the Spanish ornithological fauna, which is 

 certainly remarkable. We arrived here on the 

 2nd, having had a fearful day on our passage, 

 and now we are prevented by bad weather from 

 attempting to cross the bar at the mouth of the 

 Guadalquivir, on our way to Seville. There are 

 great tidal flats here swarming with birds, 

 Herons, Spoonbills, Curlews, Eedshanks, and 

 many other waders, but they are almost im- 

 possible to get near, as the waters are so 

 shallow, and the muds not to be travelled over. 



