220 LORD LILFORD 



To the same. 



' Lilford : January 27, 1894. 



1 A point in Spanish ornithology which 

 ought to be cleared up is the reported exist- 

 ence of Caccabis saxatilis 1 in Galicia. No 

 British bird-seeker in Spain has met with this 

 bird. . . . 



' I am quite certain that some birds ac- 

 quire a great liking for human society, and 

 for certain individuals of our race, quite apart 

 from " cupboard love." My Lady, who has 

 marvellous attractions for horses, dogs, and 

 other animals, has at this moment a bullfinch 

 reared from the nest which is never quite happy 

 when she is not in the room, and greets her 

 more Pyrrhidarum with his best songs and 

 bows and waving of tail whenever she speaks to 

 him. With me and most other people this little 

 bird is absolutely savage, and hisses, scolds, and 

 attempts to peck if his cage is approached. I 

 shall be exceedingly glad to take a ton of locusts 

 prepared in the same way as the others, and 

 stowed in sacks as before.' 



1 Greek Partridge. 



