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time ago, either by John Wilson or his wife, that a draw- 

 ing had been made of Mr Schenley's specimen by Mr 

 Syme, and, as he or she believed, for you. Now, perhaps 

 you will be so good as let me know, before I fix upon 

 either getting some one in London to draw Mr Canning's, 

 or doing one here myself, whether Mr Synie's drawing is 

 your private property or not. In the former case, I would 

 not, of course, make any inquiries at Mr Synie's ; in the 

 latter, I might be tempted to enter into some negotiation 

 about it. 



" P.S. — There is a New Holland gull in the Edinburgh 

 Museum, with a deep-red bill, which I should like you to 

 look at. It seems to agree with a bird described, if I re- 

 member right, in the ' Wernerian Memoirs,' by Dr Traill, 

 under the name of Larus Scoresbii. I don't know whether 

 it has yet been figured." 



TO P. S. SELBY, ESQ. 



" Woodyille, 5th February 1S2S. 

 { Deae Sir, — I had some thoughts of figuring ere long 

 Brunnich's Guillemot (which you will find described in 

 Temminck's ' Manuel,' p. 924), as the distinctions between 

 it and Uria troile have not been sufficiently illustrated. 

 I find, however, that it occurs in the Orkney Islands, and 

 have no doubt it will also be found along our own shores. 

 Do you consider it as a British bird ? If so, and if you 



