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neighbours are much more seriously damaged 

 than we are. The birds that you mention 

 were Crag Martins that frequent the Kock at 

 Gibraltar, and only migrate from inland preci- 

 pices to those of the coast of the Mediterranean 

 in winter. I am glad to hear of a good stock of 

 Apes. The principal zoological events of late 

 here have been a flight of eight Whoopers about 

 March 16 and 17, the shooting of an adult 

 Grey Hen on the 18th at Wigsthorpe Wold, and 

 the birth of a lovely little Afghan calf. . . .' 



To Lieut. -Colonel Hoivard Irby. 



' Lilford : April 29, 1895. 



* . . . I have no doubt that D. Ratcliffe is 

 right about Nutcrackers in the Coto ; the 

 bird must breed somewhere in Spain, and, as 

 we know, is subject to occasional erratic fits 

 after the manner of the Jay and, I believe, the 

 Magpie. . . .' 



To the same. 



1 Lilford : May 2, 1895. 



1 1 have next to nothing to say that is worth 

 putting upon paper, but I never like to let an 

 old-established correspondence drop for want of 



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