Thanks for ducks’ skins, for which he encloses postal order.
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Thanks for ducks’ skins, for which he encloses postal order.
Reports on variations in the development of lamellae and how the bills are used in several kinds of geese. Will send skins for examination.
Lists [with prices] four birds that he has forwarded to CD.
Thanks for goose specimens.
Asks whether Egyptian goose throws water out of side of beak. Can it tear herbage like the domestic goose?
[Mistakenly dated 16 Sept by CD.]
Asks for information on feeding habits of Egyptian goose.
Replies on how Egyptian geese feed in the water; they do not move heads laterally like ducks sifting water; they tear herbage like common geese.
Thanks for note received.