122 LORD LILFORD 



'Your East Anglian is still ringing in my 

 memory, and was renewed the other day by H. 

 Upcher, but I find great difficulty in acquir- 

 ing it, as my acquaintance with the Devonian 

 impedes me.' 



To Albert Gilnther. 



' Neuenahr : June 26, 1882. 



' . . . We had a fairly successful cruise in 

 the Mediterranean and procured twelve fine 

 specimens of Larus audouini 1 in the Straits of 

 Bonifacio, but could not obtain their eggs, for 

 as fast as they were laid they were carried off 

 by ravens, and as the nesting-place was at some 

 distance from our anchorage, and the winds 

 often tempestuous, we could not forestall the 

 black robbers. Our other ornithological success 

 was finding Melizopliilus sardus 2 in great abun- 

 dance, and obtaining nests and eggs thereof, 

 also a pair of young falcons from the nest 

 alive, which I believe to be F. puniceus. 3 I also 

 brought home a turtle, which I see has safely 

 arrived at the Zoological Gardens ; I should be 



1 Audouin's Gull. 3 Blue Rock Thrush. 



3 Mediterranean Falcon. 



