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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 Northamp- 

 tonshire ' 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 

 constructed 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, with 

 a sudden attack of syncope ; and on the 20th he was buried 

 at Achurch, near Lilford Hall, amid widespread and genuine 

 mourning. 



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

 with regard to this journal. Whenever money 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 were constantly 

 enriched by his gifts ; and we have heard it stated that his 

 anonymous benefactions were more than double those with 

 which his name was associated. To his intimate knowledge 

 of wild animals and their ways he added an excellent 

 judgment, and few were better qualified to hold the balance 

 between the sportsman on the one side and the well-meaning, 

 but often unpractical, lover of birds on the other. His death 

 is a general loss. 



The following is a list of Lord Lilford's principal publica- 

 tions on Ornithology : — 



Notes on Birds observed in the Ionian Islands, and the Provinces of 

 Albania proper, Epirus, Acarnania, and Montenegro. Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 1, p. 133, p. 228, and p. 338. 



On the Extinction in Europe of the Common Francolin {Franaluuis 

 vulgaris, Staph.). Ibis, 1862, p. 352. 



