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to the title of ornithologist chiefly rests. He was a con- 

 siderable author not only on sporting subjects but also on 

 antiquarian matters. His first two works, " The Fowler in 

 Ireland 1882" and "The book of Duck Decoys 1886/' are 

 well known to all sportsmen, and were noticed in ' The Ibis ' 

 at the time of their appearance. The latter volume espe- 

 cially contains much out o£ the way information about the 

 habits and occurrence of British Ducks. His other best- 

 known work is the " Letters to Young Shooters " in three 

 volumes, 1891-96, the third volume of which contains a 

 useful description of all the wild-fowl met with in Great 

 Britain. Another work published only in 1913, '^ High 

 Pheasants in Theory and in Practice," is of more interest 

 to the pure sportsman. Sir Ralph earned the gratitude of 

 those interested in the former state of our avifauna by 

 having the ancient sign of the Dotterel Inn, which stands 

 on the Yorkshire wolds, restored, after it had been sadly 

 ill-used by a local artist who had repaired it. 



Joachim Charles Hartert. 



The sympathy of all the Members of the Union will 

 go out to Dr. Hartert, whose only son fell in action on 

 October 28 of last year. Joachim Charles Hartert was 

 born November 2, 1893. He was educated at Berkhamsted 

 School and at Wadham College, Oxford, vvhere he graduated 

 B.A. in 1914. A member of the O. T. C, he obtained a 

 commission in the East Yorkshire Regiment on the outbreak 

 of the War. He had been at the front for over a year and 

 was slightly wounded in the early days of the great advance. 

 He was a frequent guest at the dinners and meetings of the 

 B. O. C. and was thus well-known to many of us. The 

 ' Oxford Sacrifice ' of November 10 writes : — " Strong, 

 sensible, and hard working, he had kept the virtues of his 

 German descent while he was himself a loyal young- 

 Englishman of the best type." 



