June 24 Chester
  Morning sunny. Three light thunder
showers in P.M. with others in
the distance in the evening.
Spend morning shopping. Met
Verger at Cathedral at noon and
am shown over it thoroughly.
In P.M. visit the Grosvenor Museum.
To my surprise find that it contains
a small but very interesting local
collection of birds, mammals, reptiles[,]
insects & fishes. The birds are chiefly 
single specimens on oak stands but
there are about 20 groups with nests &
eggs or young and simple accessories
in excellent taste. Never more than
a single pair of old birds shown.
  As at the Liverpool Museum a large
proportion of the birds are mounted in
the act of flying or hovering. These
groups are all recent, the work of the
curator, Robt. [Robert] Newstead. All are well 
done and three are masterpieces viz.