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have " hard bodies." Besides these, I have 

 many odds and ends collected in my school and 

 college days, not worth much, but too good to 

 throw away. I should be very glad if you could 

 manage to come here for a day or two, and look 

 through the lot.' l 



To F. D. Drewitt. 



' Lilford : March 24, 1892. 



' . . . Thanks very much for the Japp 

 Falconry book just received. ... A Peregrine 

 (female) stooped at a wooden decoy wood- 

 pigeon on the ground near this some years ago, 

 knocked it from its peg, and broke her leg in so 

 doing. . . .' 



To the same. 



Lilford : May 29, 1892. 



' . . . About Einged Plovers a good deal has 

 been urged in favour of the existence of two 

 well-marked distinct races of our common 

 Mgialitis hiaticola. On this subject I, knowing 

 nothing, will only say that I do not consider the 

 theory as " proven " ; but that some of these 



1 The collection alluded to in this letter was left to my brother 

 by Lady Holland. 



