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after both, whenever Havell has a parcel for me, I hope you 

 will occasionally accompany it with a few lines. 



Yours my dear Sir very faith'ly 



W. SWAINSON 

 JOHN J. AUDUBON 

 at MR. HAVELL,'S 

 79 Newman St. 

 Oxford St. 



As already noticed, Audubon started on a canvass- 

 ing tour late in July, 1830, as announced in the follow- 

 ing letter to Swainson, but he changed his plans, and 

 instead of returning to London, went to Edinburgh, and 

 again settled there for the winter. 



Audubon to William Swainson 



July 26th 1830. 



MY DEAR FRIEND, 



I was particularly pleased at receiving yours of the 22nd 

 this morning, I cannot well say where it has rambled since it 

 was dated, but certainly its migration has not been that of a 

 Swallow for instance. 



Thank you about the Jay It has been my misfortune to 

 have been rather misunderstood by you respecting what you 

 please to call "Poor Nomenclators" had I not some regard for 

 you all of that nobler breed I would not borrow names in my 

 work but would have like some others, made new ones right 

 out. // you have a new Woodpecker from the visited states, a 

 new species, I will feel greatly honoured to have it dedicated to 

 me, and the more so by you who first dared in good faith to 

 write respecting an unknown woodsman one of my case [s] 

 is come to hand, I gave from it to the British Museum thirty 

 skins several of which are very rare indeed and 3 of which I 

 [here a word is apparently omitted by the writer} as 3 new 

 [here another word is omitted} I have males and females of 

 the woodpecker you speak of quite at your service for a few 





