Transcribe Allen, J. A. Letter to Lucas, Frederic Augustus (1881-08-13)

sent, </u besides > those sent to replace others. I suppose these will come in play well enough in the systematic collections, & I may consequently keep them, but I wish you would be as careful as possible about duplication. Your list of birds offered came duly but I have not had opportunity to give it much con- sideration. Will take all but the Pigeons & Parrots, but we now have so many of these </s latter > I wish to reserve my decision in regard to them till later. I retain the list on the supposition that you have </s retained > a </s Dup > copy of it. Very truly yours J A Allen