Transcribe Allen, J. A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1879-05-10)

The other (? ?) I shall probably want, but it is not first class - looks like a bird that had lived in confinement.

       To refer again to the bear - I do not think we

can accept it in its present state. I think, however, it can be repaired so as not to look badly, by putting on a new ear.

       I forgot to say that the Xylobucco is minus the

left-wing. The men declare it ^the wing^ was not loose in the box & careful search has failed to bring it to light. It was evidently just pinned on, & how, when or where it was lost I have no idea - whether here, during the journey, or at the time it was packed in Rochester - It is one of the little birds that came fastened to strips of wood. I can