The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



No. 1 8] 1896 [APRIL 



THE LATE COLONEL H. M. DRUMMOND HAY, 



C.M.Z.S. 



WITH PORTRAIT. 



HENRY MAURICE DRUMMOND HAY, of Seggieden in 

 Perthshire, was a true naturalist in the best sense of the 

 word. Experiencing a keen enjoyment in the study of 

 animals and of plants, and especially in becoming familiar 

 with them in their native haunts, he was at all times most 

 ready and pleased to place his wide and accurate knowledge 

 ungrudgingly at the service of all interested in the like 

 pursuits. He spared himself no labour to extend his own 

 knowledge, or to aid in bringing the knowledge of the 

 works of creation within the reach of others. To the very 

 end of a long life he showed an interest as lively, and an 

 industry as great, in the study of the fauna and flora of 

 Perthshire, and in the building up of the admirable museum 

 belonging to the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, as 

 he could have manifested in his greatest bodily vigour. 



Born in 1814, he was the son of Admiral Sir Adam 

 Drummond and of Lady Charlotte Murray, daughter of the 

 fourth Duke of Atholl. He himself married the only 

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