226 GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE 1790 



He wrote again to Gilbert White on December 29th, 

 1790. 



On October 2nd, 1790, Lord Stawell sent the 

 (now well known) hybrid bird, which was described 

 in the Naturalist's Journal. It is here recorded that 

 upon Gilbert White's recommendation " Mr. Elmer 

 of Farnham, the famous game painter," was em- 

 ployed " to take an exact copy of this curious bird." 

 The picture, which was given to the Naturalist by 

 Lord Stawell, was engraved for ' A Naturalist's 

 Calendar,' etc., published in 1795, and is now in 

 the possession of a member of the White family. 

 The bird itself found its way into the Earl of 

 Egremont's museum at Petworth, where Mr. Herbert 

 saw it in 1804. With the rest of this collection it 

 has long ago perished. 



On December 15th, 1790, Mulso wrote, in reply to 

 a letter of inquiry from his friend, to announce his 

 wife's death, " You knew her, my good friend, and 

 you valued her as she did you." He continued — 



I hear that, bating your deafness, you are in great sound- 

 ness of body and mind. You have given in your work a 

 very pleasing occupation for the last, in everybody. It is 

 everywhere spoken of, and with the highest praises. Among 

 others, T>^ Warton is excessively pleased with it. Your 

 nephew John called on me some time ago, and of him 

 I enquired much after you. Alas, my good friend, how 

 should we now do to converse if we met? for you cannot 

 hear, and I cannot now speak out. I hear very good 

 accounts of John White's success, and very satisfactory 



