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subsequently became a martyr — visited the Italian shores of 

 the jNIediterranean in the yacht ' Zara ' ; and on that excursion 

 lie rediscovered that rare Gull Lams audoumi, of which no 

 one had seen a fresh specimen for many a year. In 1875 

 portions of Cyprus were visited, as will be mentioned here- 

 after. In the same yacht, in the spring of 1876, he went to 

 Santander and the neighbouring parts of North-western 

 Spain ; but it fell to the lot of his friend, Lt.-Col. Irby, 

 to give an account of the avifauna of this district (' Ibis,' 

 1883, p. 173). In the early part of 1882 the Mediterranean 

 again attracted his attention, and another haunt of Audouin's 

 Gull was explored — not to mention a previous discovery of 

 it on an islet Avhicli was not named in print, though an 

 open seci'et for the discreet. But these voyages had to be 

 abandoned at last, and the personal exploration of Cyprus 

 was reserved for Dr. Guillemard and others, though Lord 

 Lilford contributed to the expedition with his wonted 

 liberality and wrote a list of the birds of that island. 

 Henceforward he devoted himself to work at home : his 

 magnificent aviaries, where birds could be observed in a 

 state of freedom only second to that of nature ; his natural- 

 history correspondence ; his ' Birds of Northamptonshire ' ; 

 and his ' Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British 

 Islands.' Always an ardent sportsman. Lord Lilford took 

 an active part in hawking as long as he could ; he con- 

 structed a decoy in the valley of the Nene, and even at the 

 last, when confined to a bath-chair, he attended a meet of 

 the otter-hounds in his neighbourhood. Although he had 

 been ailing, the end came unexpectedly on June 17th, 1896, 

 with a sudden attack of syncope, and on the 20th he was 

 buried at Achurch, near Lilford Hall, amid widespread and 

 general mourning. 



It is impossible to specify Lord Lilford^s acts of liberality 

 with regard to this Journal. Whenever mone}^ was wanted 

 for an illustration, or the balance in hand was low, he only 

 required an intimation. This generosity was by no means 

 confined to ' The Ibis ' and kindred works on science ; the 

 Zoological Society's Gardens Avere constantly enriched by 



