98 LORD LILFORD 



Spain, which hitherto I have not been able to 

 investigate. ... I am surprised to find that 

 you determine the bat from Las Alcantarillas, 

 Andalusia, as Vespertilio noctula, as it differs 

 very much from my other specimens, and I 

 always considered it as a tree-haunting species, 

 and there is not a tree worthy of the name 

 within several miles of the ruin where it was 

 caught.' 



To Lord Walsingham, F.B.8. 



1 Lilford : December 16, 1872. 



' Dear Lord Walsingham, — I hope you will 

 forgive the liberty I take in thus addressing 

 you without having the pleasure of knowing 

 you personally, but I understand from General 

 Claremont that you would perhaps like to try 

 turning out some Virginian Colins (Ortyx 

 Virginianns), for which birds I should say your 

 property in West Norfolk is admirably suited. 

 I have just received a large number, and if you 

 will accept them I should be glad to make you 

 a present of twenty pairs, and can supply you 

 with any number up to one hundred pairs more 

 at 8s. a pair. I have turned out a good many 



