212 LORD LILFORD 



Parus here ; the Great Tit is not rare, but I have 

 never observed or heard a Blue Tit about these 

 gardens and shrubberies.' 



To the same. 



' Lilford : June 23, 1889. 



1 1 heard of the nest of Montagu's Harrier 

 before it was taken . . . and I am very glad to 

 hear from you that there are other pairs in that 

 district. This year I have had the ponds at the 

 back of the house enclosed and rendered fox- 

 proof, and have now a fair collection of " fowl " 

 thereon, augmented on Saturday last by four 

 beautiful adult male Shovellers, who were good 

 enough to drop on to our decoy and listen to 

 the charmer at once. . . . 



' We fed some sixty of our Natural History 

 Society in a tent yesterday, but the only re- 

 markable zoological statement was from one 

 who had been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in 

 Paris last week, and said that he found a pair 

 of swallows nesting there. . . . 



'Eustace Radcliffe, personally unknown to 

 me, was prompted by a generous spirit to make 

 me a present of a fine Falco sacer.' 



