60 LORD LILFORD 



To the same. 



' Lilford : October 21, 1853. 



' ... In two days' shooting at Whittlesea 

 I shot 7 Spotted Crakes, and saw 2 more. I 

 should have great pleasure in sending you one 

 or two more skins if you wish for them, when 

 they return from the hands of the stuffier. I 

 heard from a friend in the Broad district in 

 Norfolk that there are a great many Buffs and 

 Beeves about : this has been a very good season 

 for them also at Whittlesea.' 



To the same. 



' Lilford : November 20, 1853. 



' . . . I yesterday received a very fine pair 

 of young Golden Eagles, alive and very tame, 

 from Scotland. I have already a very fine 

 White-tailed Eagle alive, and with Mr. 

 Domville's shall be quite rich in the eagle line. 

 I never remember so many Snipes, but they are 

 very wild. . . .' 



To the same. 



' Ch. Ch., Oxford : November 30, 1853. 



' . . . I have been lucky enough to get a 

 Double Snipe, Buffon's Skua, and the Ash- 



