CHAMOIS' IBIS ' MAGAZINE 



at the beasts with a glass, but they were expect- 

 ing the king, who was shooting in another valley, 

 and they would not disturb the glacier, so I was 

 obliged to take after chamois, at which I did not 

 get a shot, but my guide killed the only one he 

 saw, a very fine old buck. I do not at all know 

 what my movements will be, as I am dependent 

 for orders on the home authorities, but my pre- 

 sent intention is to stay in Sardinia till the end 

 of April or beginning of May, to try to get the 

 eggs of Lammergeyer, Bonelli's Eagle, Eleanora 

 Falcon, and Sylvia sarda, all of which, if I get 

 them, shall be entirely at your disposition. I 

 should then go to Spain the northern provinces 

 to find out what is this graminivorous bear of 

 the Asturias and to persuade myself as to the 

 identity of the Spanish with the Piedmontese 

 ibex. Our minister here, Sir J. Hudson, shot 

 an ibex on the aforesaid glacier about four years 

 ago, before the chase was forbidden. 



' I cordially join in your wishes about the 

 establishment of a good ornithological magazine. 

 I would humbly venture to suggest that it be 

 strictly ornitho- and oological, as I am convinced 

 that one branch is quite enough at a time. 



