WCP1836

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

Dec^r. 30th. 1901

To the Committee of the Royal Literary Fund.

Gentlemen

I beg leave to support the application of Mr. Charles Dixon¹ for assistance from your Fund.

Having no personal knowledge of Mr. Dixon I am influenced solely by his literary and scientific merits as a life-long student of Natural History and a very instructive writer.

[2] His numerous works prove him to have been a close observer of nature, while he has especially devoted himself to the life-histories of our native birds, and to the elucidation of the difficult but very interesting problems connected with their nesting habits and their migratory instincts.

I need say no more in support of his application, which I trust will receive [3] your favourable consideration.

I am, Gentlemen, | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

D. C. L. Oxon. F.R.S.