166 LORD LILFORD 



To Archibald Thorbum. 



' Lilford : November 22, 1890. 



' The four new drawings are quite beautiful ; 

 the only criticisms I would offer are that in 

 the Bustard picture the distant groups of birds 

 look too dumpy, i.e. short-legged and, if I may 

 use the term, not dignified enough in attitude 

 for this very stately species. Professor Newton 

 has offered me the loan of a specimen of Sabine's 

 Gull in full breeding plumage, and I will ask 

 him to send it to you, in case you should find 

 that any alterations would improve your figure, 

 which is very beautiful as it is. I should be 

 very glad if you could introduce a Tern in first 

 young plumage into the background of the Tern 

 picture.' 



To the same. 



'Lilford: January 20, 1891. 



'I am sending you to-day four skins of 

 Pomatorhine Skua from the coast of Norfolk, 

 and a skin of Boss's Wedge-tailed Gull lent 

 to me by Professor Newton. You will probably 

 be able to borrow a more fully adult P. Skua 

 than any of these from Dresser, but there are 



