"Bowerwood House"
St Botolph’s Road,
SEVENOAKS, Kent.
Aug. 4, 52.
Dear Mr Racey,
Thank you very much for your letter which I found awaiting me on our return from Spain. I was very glad to learn therefrom that the parcel of skins had reached you safely, and that you were

Concerning the white spot on the face of Bucephala clangula, this feature is very variable and some have rather more extensive spots than the one sent. Would you like other examples of th

I will in the near future pack up an example of Fulica atra, Crex crex, Charadrius hiaticula, Calidris maritima, and Falco tinnunculus; of the latter I have just prepared a nice female, first winter

Many of these will be spares ex Coll. N. F. Ticehurst, but I will supplement such as you may have a particular interest for by freshly obtained examples if you would be so good as to let me kn

Was interested to hear that your son-in-law Dr Cowan is coming over to Edinburgh for some research work in zoology; I don’t suppose he is likely to come so far south, but should he do so w

David is now once more up at St Thomas’s Hospital after our holiday and is House Physician to an old fellow student of mine, Dr Gardiner Hill, he will however be writing to you as soon as he

We had a splendid time in Spain at S. Fillu de Guixols, of course the season was an off one for birds, though we did manage to get a small lot together with the ■. I think we got: two races of
I am not familiar with the fine brass wire technique of snaring birds and would be interested to hear more; I took a catapult with me but long before I acquired even a moderate efficiency with

Re small passerines; I’d welcome more Redpolls, American Pipits, Horned Larks, (of any race) The only other small passeres would be Certhiaf Parus atricapillus, Troglodytes, Sitta canaden
Please excuse more just now, shall look forward to hearing from you in the near future, and will ere long look out and see what skins I can find for you.
Our kind regards,

Yours very sincerely,