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of this country. I can just remember the days when it 

 was still tolerably common." l 



"January i$th, 1893. 



"I am much obliged to you for yours of nth, and 

 am very glad to have your experience about the kites 

 remaining in Wales through the year : this is not the 

 case in Inverness-shire." 2 



"January 24^, 1895. 



" I do not think the kites would drive away the 

 young during the year of their birth, but it is quite 

 probable that they might object to the new building of 

 a fresh pair within the limits of their hunting district. 

 In my experience in Spain we seldom found a nest of 

 red kite within a mile of another of the same species. 

 The black kite, on the other hand, we often found in 

 small scattered colonies of half a dozen nests, perhaps 

 within a radius of 500 or 600 yards." 3 



"April 2$th, 1895. 



" Thanks very much for yours of the 2ist. I am 

 very glad that you enjoyed your visit to my beloved 

 old haunts in Glentromie and Guich so much. We used 

 to call the loch below the lodge, Loch'n Sheillach 

 the Lake of the Willows. I grieve to hear of four stuffed 

 eagles. All our spring birds as yet arrived are pretty 



1 To E. Cambridge Phillips, Esq. 



2 To the same. 



3 To the same. 



