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Alcidse. Shortly after his return Drummond joined the 

 Royal Perthshire Kifles Militia as their Lieut, -Colonel 

 Commandant^ and commanded the regiment when embodied 

 during the Crimean War, and till 1873, when he retired from 

 the Service, holding the rank of full Colonel in the Array. 



He was the first President of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union, and one of the original twenty who in the year 1858 

 founded it and started 'The Ibis/ of whom, after an interval 

 of 50 years, five still remain among us. 



On his marriage with the heiress of Seggieden in 1859 he 

 took her name of Hay, and from that date till the time of 

 his death he Avas known as Colonel Drummond-Hay, of 

 Seggieden. For the last twenty years of his life he devoted 

 himself to the natural historj^of Perthshire and Tayside,and 

 especially to the formation of the Perth Museum, sparing 

 no pains to enrich it with specimens of every bird found in 

 the district, together with its nest and eggs, but always 

 refusing to admit any specimen which was not undoubtedly 

 local. He had the satisfaction of seeing his darling wish 

 accomplished, and could boast that, as a local museum, that 

 of Perth had few rivals. His last public appearance was at 

 the opening of the new and enlarged museiii/i buildings by 

 Sir W. H. Flower in November 1895, and his end came 

 peacefully on the 3rd of January, 1896, in his 82nd year. 



In these days of specialists Colonel Drummond-Hay was 

 a noble specimen of the true field-naturalist, as well as of 

 the soldier and country gentleman, a keen observer of nature 

 in every department. He was a good botanist, devoting 

 himself especially to lichens. Few could rival his garden in 

 its show of rare herbaceous plants. And he found time to 

 take an active part in the public life of his country, and not 

 least in ecclesiastical affairs, being for many years an active 

 member of the Representative Church Council of the Scottish 

 Episcopal Church. Long may our laud produce sons like 

 our first President, worthy successors of the Vigorses, 

 Jardines, and Selbys of an earlier generation ! 



