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the present bird was shipped at Buenos Ayres, but about 

 this I am not sure. In the meantime our grass lands are 

 being regularly scorched up, and our trees given over to 

 the caterpillar and cankerworm." 



But in addition to his correspondence, Lord Lilford set 

 himself the daily task of entering a register of the arrivals 

 of new birds and the general progress of his collection. 

 How carefully and fully this was done, when health per- 

 mitted, will be gathered from Appendix I. It is the 

 record for the first eight months of 1893. 



1 To the Rev. Canon Tristram. 



