"Bowerwood House"
St Botolph’s Road,
SEVENOAKS, Kent.
July 4, 52.
Dear Mr Racey,

I have been intending writing you for some days; we are due to start on three weeks holiday next Tuesday and are travelling in our small Ford 10 through France and on into Spain, where we

Before we leave I am hoping to make up a small parcel for you; I have a very nice Bombycilla garrulus garrulus which I trust you will like also a Larus minutus, but the latter is a species of wh

I have just started correcting the first batch of page proofs for The Birds of Kent, and expect a steady flow to accumulate during our absence abroad. While I think of it, do you require specim

Also what small passerines do you still need: Emberiza calandra, Passer montanus, Alauda arvensis, Anthus pratensis, Anthus spinoletta petrosus? I expect you have enough of Sturnus vul

Please excuse more for the time being, I shall look forward to seeing a letter from you on our return, after which we are hoping to be getting out actively on the coast as well as on our small s
With all good wishes from us all,
Believe me,
Yours very sincerely,

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I had hoped to look out one or two other skins before leaving but have been extremely pressed and much to arrange before our departure very early on Tuesday. However on my return I sha
The parcel containing the Little Gull and the Waxwing will leave here tomorrow, and I shall hope to hear that it has arrived safely in due course.