UNDERGRADUATE LETTERS 69 



To the same. 



' Lilford : December 27, 1852. 



'The Golden-eye Duck has disappeared. 

 One of my cousins shot a Tufted Duck a few days 

 ago ; this last is rarer with us than the Golden- 

 eye. I have a good chance of getting you the 

 eggs of great and lesser Spotted Woodpecker 

 and Spotted Crake next spring, if you want 

 them. . . .' 



To the same. 



' 10 Grosvenor Place : July 23, 1853. 



' Many thanks for your letter. I was sorry 

 not to have seen you when you were in town, 

 and made your acquaintance personally. I am 

 sorry to tell you that my little Scops Owl died 

 at Lilford and they threw the body away, so 

 I could not preserve the sternum for you, or 

 the skin for myself. A fine old Marsh Harrier, 

 which I had kept alive for nearly six years, was 

 also killed by a terrier last Sunday. Do you 

 want any skins of King-ouzel or Dippers ? Both 

 are very common in Merionethshire, where I go 

 to-night. . . .' 



