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surmise. I may mention that Mr. Foss told me this 

 voluntarily, in the course of conversation, and that 

 I had not previously spoken to him about Doves in any 

 way. I had intended writing to you earlier about it, 

 but on my return to Broome Hill in October last, from 

 my trip to the N.W. Cape, I Avas very busy shearing 

 and then handing over my station, then I heard that 

 you had made a trip to Australia, and have only just 

 returned, hence the delay in sending you this note. 

 I also learnt from Mr. V. Foss, and another gentleman 

 at Carnarvon, who made a speciality of a Finch aviary, 

 that Scarlet Finches with numeroue spots of white occur 

 and breed in (Triodia) Spinifex country on the Minilya 

 River about 120 miles north of Carnarvon. Probably 

 a species of Neochmia. 



Yours truly, 



Tom Carter. 



[It thus seems certain that Mr. Ogilvie-Grant de- 

 scribed as a new " species " a hybrid that had escaped 

 from captivity. — G. M. M.] 



