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a poor time. ... A. ISiewton has managed to 

 get two silver medals of Zoological Society 

 awarded, in my opinion most properly, to the 

 owners and protectors of Great Skuas in Shet- 

 land. . . . Wheat-ear and Chiff-chaff arrived 

 here this morning. ... I shall expect a brood 

 of Steller's Sea Eagle alive before the summer 

 is out; he who obtains Lacerta Simonyi alive 

 can obtain anything. More power, good health, 

 long life, and all sorts of good things to him, 

 including a happy return to his native country.' 



To Archibald Tlwrburn. 



' Lilford : April 29, 1891. 



'I return the two drawings, and should be 

 glad if you will put them in hand with the 

 Berlin people, who are keeping me waiting for 

 many plates. I am very sorry to hear that your 

 pictures have been crowded out at the E.A., and 

 wish that I could think that equally good ones 

 had been crowded in.' 



To the same. 



1 Lilford : July 18, 1891. 



' I should prefer Eared Grebe on the water, 

 and the drawing taken from an older specimen, 



