66 LORD LILFORD 



Egyptian Vulture, Peregrine, Crane, Flamingo, 

 Stork, Little Egret, Avocet, Stilt Plover, and a 

 great many others of less note. All the time 

 we were in Spain it was too hot to do much in 

 the way of personal research. Near Barcelona 

 I found a great number of Spotted Crake, and 

 some Alpine Swifts. . . . 



1 Here in Sardinia I have been out half a 

 day, and bagged five brace of the Barbary 

 Partridge, which is the only species in the 

 island. . . . 



' The country is full of game and rare and 

 interesting birds, and I have made the acquaint- 

 ance of the curator of the museum, a remark- 

 ably civil fellow, who made me a present of a 

 book on the ornithology of the island. We have 

 only been here a few days, and are to start to- 

 morrow. I should like to stay a year here. . . .' 



To the same. 



' Turin : October 4, 1858. 



' At Corfu, or rather in Albania, I got some 

 good birds though nothing very wonderful . . . 

 but such shooting ! Within a day or two of 

 Corfu are to be found Bear, Wolf, Jackal, Fox, 



