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sent the results of my observations to the Editor of the Philo- 

 sophical Magazine and Annals', but since the death of Dr. 

 Heysham, engagements have devolved upon me which obliged 

 me to relinquish this pursuit. The truth is, it required no little 

 time, as well as considerable exertion to make out anything like 

 an accurate list. From the latter end of March to the first week 

 in May I was almost constantly on my legs, often walking from 

 30 to 40 miles a day, and frequently without seeing the species 

 I was looking after, so that I was sometimes obliged to go over 

 the same ground for several days before I succeeded in doing so; 

 in short, I had generally to walk between 500 and 600 miles 

 every year to fill up my list. . . . Some day or other I will 

 perhaps make out a conclusive list with remarks, &c, and send 

 it to you, but at present I do not feel disposed to work much 

 with my pen.' He remained faithful to his first love, and wrote 

 a good many letters about zoology during the last decade of his 

 life. Thus lie wrote to Dr. Bell in 1850 : 



* Dear Sir, — I feel much obliged to you for the trouble you 

 have taken in sending me a copy of the Notes made by Mr. 

 Dickinson in your vols, of Yarrell's British Birds. Some years 

 ago Mr. Harris of Papcastle informed me that a Eose-coloured 

 Ouzel or Pastor had been shot near Brigham, when associating 

 with some Starlings, but the person who killed it most un- 

 fortunately allowed it to perish. 1 



'Can this be the specimen observed by Capt. Bethune at 

 nimby 1 ? I lost no time in delivering your message to Dr. 

 Lonsdale. ... I trust General Wyndham will not forget to fulfil 

 the promise made to make a further search after some additional 

 remains of the Thick-toothed Grampus, which I hope will be 

 attended with success. — Believe me, Your obliged, 



<T. C. Heysham.' 



Heysham wrote again to his Cockermouth correspondent on 

 November 26 of that year. In this he referred again to the 

 Grampus : ' I was fully led to hope, and indeed did expect from 

 what General Wyndham said at our last interview, that he 

 would have made a further search for some additional bones of 

 1 The wings of this bird were sent to Heysham by J. W. Harris. 



