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  Eton 
  College 
  Miiaevim, 
  Eton, 
  Windsor, 
  

   September 
  30th, 
  1893. 
  

  

  Sir, 
  — 
  I 
  am 
  anxious 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  British 
  Birds 
  

   " 
  in 
  skin'' 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Eton 
  boys^ 
  and 
  shall 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  

   receive 
  contributions 
  from 
  any 
  of 
  my 
  brother 
  members 
  of 
  

   the 
  B. 
  O. 
  U. 
  who 
  may 
  take 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  pi^oject. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  include 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  examples 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   species 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Saunders^s 
  'Manual/ 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  intend 
  

   to 
  have 
  only 
  what 
  are 
  called 
  " 
  British-killed 
  " 
  specimens. 
  

   Examples 
  from 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  if 
  

   correctly 
  localized 
  and 
  dated, 
  will 
  be 
  quite 
  acceptable; 
  so 
  

   that, 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  stragglers 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  World, 
  our 
  

   American 
  friends 
  may 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  help 
  us, 
  if 
  so 
  inclined. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  already 
  in 
  this 
  Museum 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  British 
  Birds, 
  

   mounted 
  in 
  separate 
  glass 
  cases, 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  given 
  

   to 
  the 
  School 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Provost 
  Thackeray, 
  of 
  King's 
  College, 
  

   Cambridge. 
  Among 
  them 
  are 
  a 
  certain 
  number 
  of 
  rare 
  

   birds, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  arc 
  specially 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Yarrell, 
  who 
  

   was 
  a 
  correspondent 
  of 
  the 
  Provost. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  deficiencies 
  in 
  this 
  series 
  also, 
  

   which 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  make 
  good, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  

   delighted 
  to 
  supply 
  a 
  list 
  on 
  application. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  obvious, 
  however, 
  that 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  skins 
  in 
  cabinets 
  

   will 
  be 
  much 
  more 
  useful 
  for 
  examination 
  and 
  comparison 
  

   than 
  the 
  mounted 
  specimens, 
  so 
  I 
  hope 
  that 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  able, 
  

   with 
  the 
  help 
  specially 
  of 
  any 
  Old 
  Etonians 
  who 
  may 
  be 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  B. 
  O. 
  U., 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  good 
  series 
  of 
  English 
  

   Birds 
  ''in 
  skin." 
  I 
  am, 
  Sir, 
  

  

  Yours 
  &c., 
  

  

  . 
  W. 
  L. 
  SCLATER. 
  

  

  Sir, 
  — 
  The 
  statements 
  concerning 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  

   the 
  Snow-Bunting 
  m 
  Banffshire 
  in 
  the 
  'Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Ornithologists' 
  Club 
  ' 
  for 
  June 
  last 
  are 
  not 
  quite 
  correct. 
  

   The 
  information 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  gentleman 
  mentioned, 
  who 
  is 
  

   lessee 
  of 
  the 
  forest, 
  may 
  have 
  led, 
  and 
  probably 
  did 
  lead 
  indi- 
  

   rectly, 
  to 
  the 
  discovery. 
  But 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  the 
  Snow-Bunting 
  

   was 
  not 
  found 
  by 
  Mr, 
  W. 
  Ogilvie 
  Grant. 
  Both 
  the 
  precise 
  

   locality 
  and 
  the 
  nest 
  were 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hinxman, 
  of 
  

  

  SER. 
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  v. 
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