112 THE OBNITHOLOGIST. 



naturalist. The present writer has on more than one occasion 

 benefited by his kindly assistance and advice in the carrying 

 out of his projects. 



Although no mean authority upon geology and other sub- 

 jects, Lord Lilford was primarily, and by choice, devoted to 

 ornithology. Lilford Hall has, indeed, for long been the 

 home of one of the finest collections of living birds in this 

 country, the raptorial birds in particular being extremely well 

 represented. Lord Lilford also possessed a fine collection of 

 stuffed British birds, although he did not collect foreign species 

 except as living examples. His literary contributions to 

 ornithological knowledge are exceedingly numerous, although 

 consisting chiefly of papers and notes in the "Ibis," 

 " Zoologist," and the " Proceedings of the Zoological Society," 

 to all of which he has contributed regularly for many years. 



His recently-published work on the "Birds of Northampton- 

 shire" and his magnificent " Coloured Figures of the Birds 

 of the British Islands," now almost completed, will, however, 

 form his chief monuments. 



Thomas Lyttelton Henry Powys, fourth Baron Lilford, a 

 son of the third Baron by his marriage with Miss Mary Fox, 

 only daughter of Lord Holland and the celebrated Lady 

 Holland, was born on March 18, 1833, and was educated at 

 Harrow and at Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded to the 

 title in 1861, and married, first, Emma Elizabeth, daughter of 

 Mr. Robert William Brandling, of Low Gosforth, Northumber- 

 land, who died in 1884, and in the following year he married 

 Clementina Georgiana, daughter of the late Mr. Ker Baillie 

 Hamilton, C.B. Although he had for a long period made 

 Lilford Hall his home, he also owned a magnificent property 

 near Preston, in Lancashire, while he inherited respectively 

 from his aunt, the last Lady Holland, and his brother, the 

 Hon. Leopold Fox-Powys, the lands of the Fox family, in 

 Wiltshire, and the historic home of Charles James Fox, St. 

 Ann's Hill, Chertsey. He was fond of travelling, and was able 

 to indulge in it to a limited extent since he became an 

 invalid, but he never took a conspicuous part in public life. 

 He is succeeded by his son, the Hon. J. Powys. 



H. K. S. 



