' COLUMBA BOLLII —CROSSBILL 209 



abide the winters of La Mancha and New 

 Castile could stand anything.' 



To the same. 



« Lilford : July 5, 1888. 



1 Meade- Waldo has presented me with a pair 

 of Columba bollii alive, from the Canary Islands, 

 and a nest with three eggs of TSryfhrospiza 

 githaginea 1 from Fuerteventura. He had won- 

 derful success altogether. ... I have had all 

 my Cyprus birds sent down to me here, and 

 am making a selection for S. K. Museum, as I 

 understand that you want Mediterranean birds, 

 and I know that Cyprus is badly represented 

 in all collections.' 



To the same. 



' Lilford : August 16, 1888. 



1 A beautiful old male Crossbill was sent to 

 me yesterday, shot in the Rectory garden at 

 Tichmarsh. This is a very rare bird in this 

 county, and the first ever obtained here to my 

 knowledge. One of my latest acquisitions is a 

 young Spotted Crake, snared without injury by 



1 Desert Bullfinch. 



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