728 Ohituary. [Ibis, 



'Rampyndene' in the High Street, Biirvvash, where he passed 

 the latter years of his life. He became deeply attached to his 

 adopted county, and was an enthusiastic student and col- 

 lector of old Wealden ironwork, a fine collection of specimens 

 being presented by him to the Hastings Museum, of which 

 he was an enthusiastic supporter, as well as being an active 

 memher of the Hastings and St. Leonards Natural History 

 Society. As a sportsman he retained his keenness almost 

 to the end, and dearly loved to bring back a basket of trout 

 or a few brace of wild pheasants from the lonely streams or 

 deep woodlands of Dallington Forest. He possessed a fair 

 library, though his chief interest in books lay in works 

 relating to exploration and travel, and of these he presented 

 many a scarce volume to the Geographical Society, of which 

 he was so many years a Fellow. In East Sussex he was 

 respected and beloved by all who knew him, and was con- 

 sulted on many a subject by his friends and neighbours. 

 He was a most courteous and painstaking correspondent 

 and a kindly critic, but, like his great contemporary — 

 Newton — he had an intense horror and dislike of inaccurate 

 statement or unverified reference. 



Perhaps one of the most striking traits of a remarkable 

 character was the deep interest and enthtisiasm which he 

 always displayed in any matter on which he was engaged, 

 and it is no exaggeration to say that it gave him as much 

 pleasure to record the nesting of the Snipe in the parishes 

 of Burwash and Etchingham in 1914 *, as it did to obtain the 

 eggs of the Sauderling [Trlnga arenaria) in Grinnell-land in 

 1876. 



The writer of this notice was privileged to know him 

 well and to esteem him greatly. 



Colonel Feilden was one of the oldest surviving members 

 of the B. 0. U., having been elected so long ago as 1873. His 

 military decorations comprise the C.B. (1900) and medals 

 with clasps for the Indian Mutiny (1857-8), the China War 

 (1860), and the Boer War (1900-1). W. H. M. 



* " Snipe and Redshank nesting in Sussex." Hastings & E. Sussex 

 Nat. vol. ii. p. 193. 



