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Turk. A brief note to Professor Babington was sent from 

 Bofin : 



INISH-BOFIN, August 2O, 18%. 



DEAR BABINGTON, All has gone off famously here. We have 

 found Helianthemum guttatum in plenty ; Spergula arvensis, with 

 glabrous seeds ; several Rubi, which I hope to send you presently, 

 if you will kindly examine them. Elatine hexandra is here, also 

 Eriocaulon, Centunculus, Arundo epigejos, &c., and the Flora will 

 make a nice Report for the Academy. . . . Have you seen my papers 

 on Architeuthis and Dinoteuthis ? Was it not singular that the "very 

 antient Irish monster" should have lain buried so long? My hooker 

 is waiting at the quay, to sail for Westport, so adieu. 



At Westport Mr. Barrington and he separated, the 

 former going to Achill, while Mr. More went north to stay 

 over the Sunday with Mr. Warren at Moyview. On his 

 return to Dublin he again found himself ill too frequently 

 now the result of any unusual exertion and on the 28th 

 went for a fortnight's sick-leave to Malvern, where his 

 family had lately settled. A letter from Malvern (Sep- 

 tember 2) to Mr. Barrington shows that his thoughts were 

 still in the west : 



DEAR BARRINGTON, As Van Voorst is about to reprint my " Bird 

 Distribution" Paper from "Ibis," with additions, I hope that you 

 will kindly consent to help me in your District, viz. IV., same as for 

 Plants. What I want is a complete list of all the birds that breed in 

 District IV., with words " Reg" after those that breed regularly every 

 summer; " Occ " after those which only nest at irregular intervals. 

 Please mark also the rarer of the regular breeders with an "R" after 

 the "Reg." If you will kindly do this for me I shall feel greatly 

 obliged, and all acknowledgment shall be duly given, as I did before. 

 I think it will make a useful book. . . . Did you speak to Mr. Pike 

 about sparing or protecting Eagles and Peregrines ? Does the Twite 

 breed in Achil ? Does the Corn Bunting reach Achill in summer ? 



An expedition into Wales was also taken, in a hope 

 {which proved delusive) of trout-fishing equal to that of the 

 Irish streams. He visited his old botanical friend Mr. 

 Pamplin (once publisher of the " Phytologist ") and from 

 him obtained a list of birds breeding in Merionethshire, for 

 the projected Essay. The expiry of his fortnight, however, 

 found him still in such bad health that on his return to 



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