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press is merely food for babes — not unwholesome, 

 I trust, but wholly unscientific.' 



To the same. 



' Lilford : January 18, 1896. 



' I have for the last twenty years turned out 

 many of the "Hungarian" partridges here in 

 early February, with most satisfactory results. . . . 

 I find that the great majority of Golden -eyes 

 imported by Castang are in miserable order, and 

 if put upon the ponds at once, wash themselves 

 to death. I have, however, managed to keep 

 several alive by not allowing them access to 

 more than a small pan of water for the first ten 

 days after arrival. . . . My most interesting 

 acquisition in the bird way lately is a fine male 

 Regent Bird.' 



To the same. 



' Lilford : April 8, 1896. 



' I heard last from Irby at Granada that the 

 whole of Andalusia is dried up, and that there 

 are no insects or flowers. Drewitt has returned 

 from Tunis with a nice small collection of 

 birds. The lizards ' are at Zoological Gardens. 



1 Uromastix acanthinurus. 



