LETTERS TO PROF. NEWTON— SARDINIA 65 



To the same. 



' Lilford : October 28, 1855. 



* . . . I was very pleased at finding your 

 letter here yesterday on my return from 

 Burghley, where I have been shooting for the 

 last few days. Your trip in Norway must have 

 been very delightful. I have a few rather rare 

 eggs which are quite at your service, amongst 

 others the Common Dotterel, taken in Skiddaw. 

 A very fine young White-tailed Eagle ' was sent 

 me about a month ago from County Waterford. 

 I had a letter from one of my brother officers 

 at Gibraltar, in which he told me that the Eock 

 abounds in eagles and hawks ; shooting on it is 

 strictly forbidden. . . .' 



To the same. 



1 Cagliari : October 16, 1856. 



' . . . We put into CoruSa for two or three 

 days : I saw nothing there but harriers and 

 buzzards. The next place we stopped at was 

 Cadiz. They keep a great many of the large 

 Calandra Lark in cages. I saw Griffon Vulture 



1 This eagle lived until 1898. 



