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young male shot at Canon's Ashby on August 28, 

 and not by any means badly stuffed by an 

 artist at Banbury, and a Kosey Pastor, male 

 shot by Colonel Cottingham, E.A., in his 

 garden near Weedon on September 12, and re- 

 corded in one of the October numbers of the 

 Field. It is miserably ill-treated by some local 

 malefactor, but by no means a bad specimen, 

 and in the hands of Cullingford of Durham, to 

 whom I have sent it, will I hope turn out a very 

 fine bird. Father Jamrach has sent to me at 

 Lilford two more Nutcrackers, and hither two 

 very beautiful Glossy Starlings from West 

 Africa. I have got a letter out of Stark with a 

 promise of detailed notes on his Spanish bird 

 experiences. I am putting together all I can 

 gather on birds of Spain from my own experi- 

 ences, your book, the local catalogues, Arevedo, 

 Chapman, Saunders, and others.' 



To the same. 



' Bournemouth : November 20, 1888. 



' The absence of Pintail in Tiree is certainly 

 remarkable, all the more so as they are common 

 enough in certain parts of Ireland in winter ; the 



