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appellation to Kay's Wagtail, but grey is the 

 distinguishing dress of the young of the Common 

 or Pied Wagtail, and it strikes me that Long- 

 tailed would be by far the best name for the 

 bird now called " Grey." This bird only visits 

 the neighbourhood of our home in autumn, and 

 a few pairs linger about our streams till April. 



1 It will be well to cross over to the far side 

 of the little island (which is thickly overgrown 

 with shrubs), and have a look down the river for 

 any " fowl " that may be on the water. . . .' 



More than a year after my brother's death, 

 it was found by Mr. W. E. de Winton that some 

 specimens of Spanish hares, presented by my 

 brother to the Natural History Museum at 

 Kensington, belonged to an undescribed species. 



Mr. de Winton says : 1 



'It seems perfectly incredible that this 

 well-marked species, by far the most strikingly 

 coloured member of the genus, should never 

 have been described.' ... 'I have connected 

 with this handsome species ' (Lepus Lilfordi) l the 



1 Annals and Magazine of Natural History, February 1898, 

 p. 154. 



