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publication of another — • (lame Birds and Wild FowP — of 

 no less merit, though herein the author shews more of the 

 sportsman than the ornithologist. A scientific ornithologist, 

 indeed^ Mr. Knox never professed to be ; but, so far from 

 being one of the many popular writers who because they 

 know not science affect to despise its teachings, he held it in 

 the utmost respect; and in November 1858, when there was 

 considerable doubt whether the required score of members 

 for the B. O. U. would be secured, he took the greatest interest 

 in the project, became one of the Founders, and contributed 

 a pleasantly written little paper to the first volume of this 

 Journal {' Ibis,' 1859, pp. 395-397). Mr. Knox's last work 

 was 'Autumns on the Spey,' published in 1872, and its 

 frontispiece will give to those who knew him not some idea 

 of his personal appearance, though to them no conception 

 can be conveyed of his genial nature, his fund of humour, 

 and his varied accomplishments — among which mention may 

 be made of his power as a draughtsman, though this may 

 be judged by the plates to the now rare original edition of 

 his first work. His collection of birds, formed almost 

 entirely in Sussex, he gave, on breaking up his establish- 

 ment at Trotton, to his long-attached friend the Duke of 

 Richmond and Gordon, to be preserved at Goodwood House; 

 but on the Dukes's death it was handed over to Mrs. Fletcher, 

 Knox's daughter. He died on the 23rd of September, 1886, 

 at Dale Park, near Arundel, where Mrs. Fletcher still 

 resides. 



