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these skins were adult males. If you can borrow 

 a young bird anywhere I should like a figure in 

 the young plumage ; the principal difference is 

 that in the young bird the chin and upper part 

 of the neck are nearly white, and the lower neck 

 and breast barred with brown ; bill like that of 

 Little Crake.' 



To F. D. Drewitt. 



' Lilford : May 18, 1890. 



' . . . Stretton brought in a Hawfinch's nest 

 with five eggs yesterday, taken near the aviary, 

 the first sitting of eggs I ever had from this 

 neighbourhood, though many young birds have 

 been brought to me at various times. . . .' 



To Archibald Thorburn. 



Lilford : July 31, 1890. 



' The drawings and plates arrived this morn- 

 ing. I have nothing but unqualified admiration 

 to bestow upon them, and Mr. Lodge, who is at 

 least as good a judge of birds as I am, and an 

 infinitely superior critic of art, is entirely of my 

 opinion.' 



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