In Memoriam : T. H. Nelson, J. P., M.Sc, M.B.O.U. 405 



Despite his activities, he did not publish any really im- 

 portant work until his " Birds of Yorkshire ' appeared. His 

 field notes, scattered in the pages of 'The Ibis,' 'Zoologist,' 

 'Naturalist,' 'Field,' 'British Birds,' etc., were, however, both 

 numerous and valuable. For a considerable time, he acted 

 as referee for Ornithology for The Naturalist. 



When Mr. Eagle Clarke left Yorkshire, a substitute had 

 to be found to undertake the writing of ' The Birds of York- 

 shire.' The unanimous choice of the Executive Committee 

 of the Union fell upon Mr. Nelson, and. it would have been 

 impossible to select anyone better fitted for the task. The 

 work was in a true sense ' monumental,' an example of the 

 best kind of county avi-fauna, and one which will stand for 

 all time as a fitting memorial to the author. The present 

 writer was closely associated with Mr. Nelson during the 

 progress of this work, and can bear testimony to the great and 

 unceasing care which was exercised by him to ensure that 

 every statement contained therein was thoroughly reliable. 

 In order that this should be so, the labour entailed was enorm- 

 ous, thousands of references and notes had to be carefully 

 investigated and sifted, some of them time after time, before 

 they were admitted. The results of his labours are universally 

 recognised to be as near perfect as it is possible' for works of 

 this kind to be. 



When the University of Leeds decided to confer the Honor- 

 ary Degree of M.Sc. upon a certain number of members of 

 the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, as an acknowledgement of 

 the great work done in connection with Natural Science by 

 the Union and its individual members, they rightly selected 

 Mr. Nelson to receive the honour on behalf of Yorkshire 

 ornithology. In another direction he was honoured by being 

 placed upon the Commission of Peace for the North Riding, 

 his presence upon the bench being frequent. 



Mr. Nelson was of a kindly and somewhat quiet disposition, 

 a good friend, and one who will be missed by a large circle of 

 friends and fellow naturalists, whose sympathies will go out 

 to Mrs. Nelson (who took a keen and active interest in all her 

 husband's work) in her great trouble. — R. F. 



In "More Nsw Cecidomyid Galls" in The Entomologist's Record ior 

 November, Messrs. R. S. Bagnall and J. W. H. Harrison record many 

 northern county species. 



To a note on ' Sphceriestes {Rabocerus) gabrieli,' by Prof. T. Hudson 

 Beare, in The Entomologist' s Monthly Magazine for November, ' G.C.C 

 adds a note to the effect that ' The insects representing S. foveolatus in 

 the collection of the British Coleopteva in the National Museum are 

 referable to S. gabrieli, as are those (from Scarborough) in my own col- 

 lection.' 



1916 Dec. ]. 



