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and many details, though the collection is quite 

 unrivalled in the number of species. . . . 



'I hate varieties and albinos, but am the 

 happy possessor of two milk-white jackdaws 

 from Germany, to say nothing of the sandy bad- 

 gers that you wot of.' 



To Lieut. -Colonel L. Howard Irby, F.L.S. 



' Fontmel, Bournemouth : November 8, 1888. 



* We had a successful journey hither, and a 

 lovely day for it. I hope that this change has 

 brought some stuff into Tiree, but if you are not 

 satisfied with over twenty couple of snipes in a 

 day, I am afraid that you will find it hard to 

 satisfy yourself in British localities. This N.E. 

 wind was foretold at Lilford by the appearance 

 of a fine young male Golden-eye shot on 

 the 3rd, and by two Jack Snipes snared at the 

 decoy. I have no news worth telling. A 

 readable article in the Ibis is " Winter in South 

 Spain," by Abel Chapman. I have lately be- 

 come possessed of two (to me) interesting 

 birds, both to the best of my knowledge new to 

 our Northampton list, viz. Spotted Redshank, 



