LORD LILFORD 



3 eggs ; this was about the 14th of March ; 

 could you possibly manage to get me some 

 young birds of the above species ? I particu- 

 larly want to make a collection of the Strigidae. 

 The north of Ireland abounds in the Raptores. 

 The Peregrine, Common Buzzard, Marsh 

 Harrier, Hen Harrier, Kestrel, Merlin, and 

 Sparrow Hawk I have seen in a day's walk in 

 Antrim. And they tell me on the coast of 

 Donegal four or five White-tailed Eagles are 

 often to be seen on the wing together. Besides 

 these, there are several interesting birds, such 

 as the Chough, the great Black-backed Gull, 

 Black Guillemot, Purple Sandpiper, &c., to be 

 found all along that coast.' 



To the same. 



' 3 Little Ryder Street, London April 21, 1854. 



' ... It is very annoying to have to be 

 out with the Militia when I should like to be 

 bird-nesting in Ireland, especially as our head- 

 quarters are at perhaps the dullest county town 

 in England. I shall go down and have a look 

 at the Pied Woodpeckers some day next week. . . . 

 We muster on the 27th. . . Leadenhall Market 



