218 LORD LILFOED 



To the same. 



' Lilford : August 31, 1892. 



I The disappearance of the Waders in the 

 S.W. of England is very remarkable ; I had 

 heard of it before. From Great Yarmouth, on 

 the other hand, I hear of an unusual abundance 

 of this family. I can only presume that some 

 meteorological cause is at work, that has pro- 

 duced a change in the ordinary migration routes. 



' I have twenty Marbled Ducks alive, so far 

 as I know the only living specimens that have 

 ever been seen in captivity in this country.' 



To the same. 



' Lilford : October 30, 1892. 



I I am rejoicing in the very recent acquisition 

 of another Great Black Woodpecker. We have 

 five young Barbary mice, all doing well, and 

 now feeding themselves. A pair of Little Owls 

 brought up and took off a brood of four from a 

 hollow tree in Wadenhoe. I have no positive 

 evidence as to more events of this sort, but 

 have good reason to believe that other broods 

 were hatched out in the neighbourhood.' 



