128 LORD LILFORD 



J. H. Gurney, senior, tells me that this P 



got sixteen Cyanecula suecia l in a short space of 

 time. . . . We have been having some splendid 

 nights with old "Vesta," whom F. Newcome 

 probably knows and admires. She is the most 

 knowing falcon I ever saw, and if she gets bored 

 by "putting in" without killing, goes off and 

 takes a pigeon, wild or tame, on her own hook 

 with the greatest ease. Yesterday whilst she 

 was "waiting on" at a great pitch, she was 

 vehemently assaulted by a female merlin, the 

 aerial evolutions of the two noble birds were 

 lovely to see. 



'Nothing would delight John more than a 

 day or two in Norfolk ; he would soon make a 

 real good shot. 



1 Ever yours, very truly, 



'LlLFORD.' 



To Canon Tristram. 



' My dear Tristram, — ... I am very glad 

 that you are so much pleased with my coloured 

 plates ; personally I am not fully satisfied with 

 many of them, but I think that I may fairly say 



1 Bluo-throatcd Robins. 



