On the Occurrence of some of the Rarer Species of Birds. 211 



For if great things with small compared may be, 

 The knot of Ayliff may attend on thee I 

 O sacred knot by which the good have died ! 

 Could I around thy neck but see it tied;, 

 Then transportation I'd embrace with joy, 

 And gaze with transport on^ the dangling boy." 



The portrait of John Ayliffe, in a fancy dress, from which the 

 annexed photograph has been taken, is in the possession of Sir 

 Robert Jacob Buxton, Bart., of ShadwelL Court, Co. Norfolk. 1 



J. E. J. 



[The Committee desire again to thank Canon Jackson, for his liberality in pre- 

 senting the photograph of his hero. — Ed.] 



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 *§kh m % JeigPottr|ooir of BkIxbM^ 



By the Rev. Abthur P. Moebbs, Vicar of Britford. 

 (Continued from Vol. xx., page 185.) 



MS8|N arriving at the Order of Grallatores, or "Waders," the 

 fSIlt wr ^ er a ^ once feels that he is at a considerable disadvantage 

 from the following reasons,- i.e., that to form any acquaintance with 

 many of the species to be mentioned it requires, besides ornithological 

 ardour (of which he has plenty), at least three items to bring a man 

 within reach of the object of his search — " time on hand," e< a 



1 The original portrait in oils had been, removed some years ago,along with several 

 other pictures, from Toekenham House. The card or ticket on it had been lost, 

 and it was not known to the owner, who the person represented was. But upon 

 being shewn again at Toekenham it was immediately identified. Thanks are due 

 to Mr. W. F. Parsons, of Hunt's Mill, near Wootton Basset — a member of the 

 Wilts Archjfiological Society — for mentioning the existence of the portrait, and 

 for some local traditional ^formation relating to the subject of this paper. 



