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you that they are most cordially returned by all 

 here who know you, for yourself and all who are 

 dear to you. ... I hope to have a pecuniary 

 share in organising an expedition to Kolguev 

 this next summer.' 



To Archibald Thorburn. 



' Lilford : January 17, 1894. 



' The black feathers inside wing of Pratincole 

 are not in my opinion too dark for a fully adult 

 bird. In the plate of the Cream-coloured 

 Courser the shadows hardly can be too black 

 for the desert sun and sky.' 



To F. D. Drewitt. 



' Lilford : February 16, 1894. 



' . . . You will perhaps be interested to hear 

 that my Highland keeper, Donald McKay, came 

 down this morning with news that he had 

 tracked a badger into a short stone drain in one 

 of our woods last night, and found the blocking 

 intact this morning. I sent Cosgrave up with 

 him and they brought down a big badger 

 weighing 24 lbs., alive and uninjured. I could 



