1 3-'^' '/■//(• Ai'idiics at IJljurd Hall. 



{I'olcu suhhiiteo) i^luckins;- the dead Sandpiper, who was soon 

 avens^ed, and a s^reatly desired specimen added to the collection. 

 This Mobby mnst also have been on passage, as the bare 

 mountain ranges of Lalml are hardly suitable to the species, 

 and it was not likely to have left the forests of Kulu to hunt on 

 tlie bare ranges above. 



The only other birds seen on the pass were a couple of 

 fine (Iriffen Vultures {Ciyps fulvus) which flew swiftly between 

 the peaks, and a distant Swift (probaljly Cyf^sclus af^us) seen 

 amongst the wreaths of mist. 



Time was passing and we still had the descent into the 

 valley of Chandra, so reluctantly I left the pass to the spirits 

 ( f mist and rain, and wearily plodded down the hillside, leaving 

 the winding mule track in favour of sheep paths. For the first 

 thousand feet cf the descent no birds were seen except 

 Hodgson's Pipit. Then one began to see Black Redstarts 

 {Pliociiicitnis ocJintnis pliooiicitroidcs) sitting on the boulders 

 and knew that one was indeed at last in the land of Lahul. 

 Then the rest-house in the bottom of the valley beside the 

 roaring Chandra came into sight, and as we stepped on to the 

 level road the finishing touch was afforded by a graceful party 

 of the Alpine Chough (Pyrrocorax gra cuius). 



The Aviaries at Lilford Hall. 



By Wkslky T.'Pace, IvZ.S.. M.B.O.U. 



During the first week cf September, while on a short 

 visit to Mr. Cuy Falkner. we motored to Oundle and looked 

 over this famous collection of birds. I'nfortunately 1 have no 

 photos of the palatial aviaries and paddocks in which the birds 

 were ke])t, and the only notes T have are mental, so I much fear 

 that this short account can neither do justice to the collection 

 and its accommodation, nor yet prove very interesting to my 

 readers. There are four impressions that are most vivid with 

 me as I take up my pen to write, viz : 



( 1 ) The Macaws and Cockatoos at liberty. 



(2) The Collection of Cranes. 



(3) The Birds of Prey. 



