MEMOIR OF THE LATE LORD LILFORD. Ill 



The bird now in question was, at the time of its being seen, 

 feeding along with five herons. I have also observed this 

 species on the sands in company with Gulls. 



The shore-line, now (June 16th), is a perfect blank, save for 

 a few immature Gulls of all sorts, who are regular attendants at 

 such times when the tide lays bare the mackerel nets, waiting 

 in the hope of seizing some of the small fry which the fisher- 

 men may leave. Terns are also there to swell the company, 

 and it is wonderful with what precision they dart into the 

 nets and carry off • their prey, while there are others not so 

 bold, who keep out at sea, hovering all the while upon its 

 surface, watching for the floating remnants of small fry, which 

 have been washed by the current through the net-meshes. 

 After these they dart, falling into the water like so many 

 ounces of lead. 



On June 16th, two Skylarks' nests were found in a meadow, 

 containing four and two eggs respectively, perfectly white, 

 a variety identical with the texture of the Kingfisher's egg. 

 The nest of four eggs were quite good, but the others had been 

 deserted. 



MEMOIE OF THE LATE LOED LILFOED, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., 



President of The British Ornithologists' Union. 



Just as the July number of The Ornithologist had gone 

 to press we received the quite unexpected intelligence of the 

 death of this distinguished ornithologist, who passed away at 

 his Northamptonshire seat — Lilford Hall, near Oundle — on 

 June 17, in his sixty-fourth year. Although his death was the 

 immediate result of a chill caught a fortnight previously, he had 

 been for years an invalid, having been latterly quite crippled by 

 rheumatic gout. 



The loss of this genial and kind-hearted gentleman, and 

 true ornithologist, will be very widely regretted, both by those 

 who knew him personally and by those who knew him only by 

 his published books and papers, as an accomplished and zealous 



