180 LORD LILFORD 



a peculiar bend when extended, while those of 

 Circaetus are broad and rounded thus : 



' You ought to have seen Crested Tit and 

 Crossbill. The Waxwings were, of course, 

 " casuals." The Honey Buzzard and Goshawk 

 both breed in the Canton de Vaud ; Little 

 Bittern is not uncommon on passage, and may 

 breed, for all that I know to the contrary, in the 

 reeds at the head of the Lake. . . . You will be 

 interested to hear that last night Cosgrave 

 brought in alive the first Northamptonshire 

 specimen of Barbastelle Bat that I have yet 

 seen. It has, however, been recorded by 

 Jenyns as having occurred in this country.' 



To the same. 



■ Lilford : April 12, 1894. 



' Summer birds are arriving fast. The 

 following have now put in an appearance here : 

 Chiffchaff, Wheatear, Cuckoo, Wryneck, Swallow, 

 Kedstart, Willow Wren, Tree Pipit, Blackcaps, 



