250 TRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE, 



that, no man had a clearer or more satisfactory grasp 

 of the principles of classification, though he never 

 wrote on structural anatomy. He would say that writing 

 a full account of the human skeleton was not writing a 

 history of man. That is, the history of the living man, 

 his habits, ideas, mode of life, art, and family relations ; 

 and so it should be with the history of lower creatures. 

 I can only add that my friendship with him was one 

 of the happiest episodes of a happy life." 



From ALBERT GUNTHER, M.A., F.R.S., M.D., Ph.D., 



President of the Linnean Society. 



Late Keeper of the Zoological Department, British Museum of Natural 



History. 



" From the first day of our acquaintance Lord Lilford 

 exercised upon me the same power of attraction which 

 has been felt by all who had the good fortune of coming 

 into contact with him. His handsome, open, and intel- 

 lectual face, animated by cheerful conversation, gave you 

 the impression of a thoroughly sincere character, with 

 whom one could be at ease from the first moment, and 

 to whom one could open one's thoughts without reserve. 

 Devotion to sport and love for nature were common to 

 both of us. As to the former, and as to all matters 

 referring to birds, he was my master, and he found in 

 me a ready pupil ; in other zoological subjects I was able 

 to give him some assistance in return. From his travels 

 in the South of Europe he brought back with him a keen 



