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Sanderson, H.B.M. Consul at Galatz. He 

 sent a third also, which I deposited in the Z. 

 Gardens ; would they like him at Kew ? * . . . 

 I do not think freshwater fish by any means 

 a necessity for our European pelicans; those 

 that I have at Lilford are fed almost entirely on 

 cheap sea fish.' 



To the same. 



1 Bournemouth : April 2, 1889. 



' We have a blackbird's nest in our compound 

 here, on a very slender fir-tree, too high up for 

 human examination ; but no bird has a chance 

 of rearing its young to maturity here on account 

 of the numberless cats, many of which live in 



what would call a "feral" state. I can 



hardly express my horror of that word, though 

 it has the support of Alfred Newton, Sclater, 

 and other great men. 



' My Golden Eagles at Lilford are sitting 

 upon two eggs, and the Black Vulture upon one. 

 A pair of Ring-ouzels have just finished building 

 in the aviary, nearly two months earlier than 

 last year. The Coal Tit is the only common 



1 This pelican became a well-known and respected inhabitant 

 of Kew Gardens. 



p 2 



