Skins Any domestic breed or race, of Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits, Cats, & even dogs, if not too large, which has been bred for many generations in any little visited region, would be of great value, or even if recently imported from any unfrequented region. It w^d. be necessary to notice & select a characteristic specimen of adult animals of any breed.— In Poultry both cock & hen & especially the cock sh^d. be procured. The whole humerus & femur, & as much as possible of the cranium sh^d. be left on the skins.— Each specimen of sh^d be ticketed with native name, habitat & any procurable information. Specimens not bred for many generations in domestication are of no value.— I have written to for Pigeon & Poultry Skins² diag Thwaites & Kellaert Ceylon.³ R. Fortune E. Blyth W. Vines India⁴ Sir R. Schomburgk⁵ D^r Nicholson, Antigua Th Bridges Panama D^r. Sutherland Natal E. Layard Cape of G. Hope⁶ J. C. Bowring Hong Kong⁷ Rajah Sir J. Brooke R. Wallace⁸ D^r Daniel Gambia⁹ Rev N. Davis Tunis¹⁰ Hon. C. Murray Persia¹¹ Through M^r. Stephens for S. America¹² Col. Sykes for E. Africa Consul Brand Angola,¹³ or M^r Gabriel¹⁴ M^r Parkes— Amoy¹⁵ R. Hill Spanish Town Jamaica¹⁶ Arabia/? East Africa/ M^r J. C. Bowring of Hong Kong has written¹⁷

to M^r Swinhoe of consulate at Amoy

to D^r Macgowan at Ningpo

D^r. W. A. Harland at Hong Kong to whom M^r Fortune has written M^r Fortune has written for me to & I have written to

D^r. Lockhart of Shanghai letters to care of M^ss Dent,

& Ed. Webb Esq^e of do Beal & Co of Hong Kong.

returned home¹⁸ Lieut Ferguson. Bombay. M^r Peter Wallace. [Farm Superintendant] Ascension.¹⁹ Rob. Swinhoe has promised spec^s from Amoy. W. Elliott²⁰ says pigeons are on Roadramme