July 2. 76
Condover Hall
My dear Sir William
As my aviary is now greatly enlarged & I can easily hold 2000 birds I send you a list of those which
I should like you to bring over to me next year. You had better, if you can get a good lot together take a special place for them in
one of the large ocean steamers & bring a birdman especially to feed & look after them: for both of which I will
pay. If I go to Mexico to get humming birds in April next I will let you know, but at any rate you had better bring the birds on here
from Liverpool as it is not much out of your way to London. Telegraph before hand to Mr. William
Tisdale
The Aviary Condover Hall Shrewsbury
Believe me dear Sir William
Yours very truly
Reginald Cholmondeley
S. L. Clemens EsqrFarmington Avenue Hartford Conn.
I am giving you a great deal of trouble, but I think you will take some for me. I see if you get the whole lot you will want $300 for which I will send you a cheque whenever you like
Directions for keeping live Birds
For the Bitterns & Herons you should send a tank full of fish 2 inches long
For Woodpeckers wasp maggots or gentles
For Whippoorwill or Chuckwill widdow Beetles or cockroaches which can be preserved in tins with flies spiders & earwigs for the flycatchers or warblers. Cleanliness in the cages is absolutely necessary. The small birds that die may be given to the eagles or hawks, but a supply of live rats & mice should be taken for the owls
