LETTERS TO DR. GUNTHER— AUDOUIN'S GULL 123 



glad to hear to what species it belongs. It feeds 

 readily on small fishes, and nothing else.' 



To the same. 



' Neuenahr : June 30, 1882. 



1 About Audouin's Gull. I should like to 

 know whether the Museum has a specimen or 

 not, as I have given one to Dresser, promised 

 one or two to the Cambridge Museum, and 

 offered two to Prince Kudolf of Austria. . . . 

 I have every reason to bless the waters of 

 Neuenahr, though I fear that my left knee has 

 become permanently contracted. I do not find 

 the place dull, as when it is fine I can get out, 

 and there are plenty of birds to watch, and I 

 have tried a little fishing. Did you know that 

 there is growing wild hereabouts a Californian 

 flowering plant which is found nowhere else, I 

 am told, in Europe, Colonia grandiflora ? No 

 one knows how it came here ; it is abundant, 

 and very pretty. The only drawback to enjoy- 

 ment here is the immense number of noisy 

 overdressed people. ... I have no doubt that 

 Mr. Powell is right about destroying rooks 

 with a view to protecting other birds. I am very 



