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wrapping up, would perish from an exposure that would not 

 hurt our white birds. 



What is certain is that the temperature of the tips of the 

 bills of many birds, both in hard weather and when flying 

 at considerable altitudes, must not infrequently fall con- 

 siderably below 32° Fahrenheit. 



XIV. — Obituary. 

 (Plate VI.) 



We regret that we have to add three more names of 

 Members of the Union who have given up their lives for 

 their country : — Capt. F. C. Selous, Capt. Lord Lucas, and 

 Commdr.The Hon. R. O. B. Bridgeraan. With those already 

 recorded, namely, Lieut. K. F. Meiklejohn, Capt. Lord 

 Brabourne, Lieut. C. M. Dyer, Lieut. R. B. Woosnam, 

 Capt. the Hon. Gerald Legge, Major C. H. T. Whitehead, 

 Capt. E. F. Penn, Col. C. Stonham, Col. H. H. Hariugton, 

 Lt.-Col. B. R. Horsbrugh, Capt. J. M. Charlton, and 

 Capt. J. C. Crowley, our roll of honour now contains 

 the names of fifteen Members of the Union. 



Frederick Courteney Selous. (Plate VI.) 



The tragic news of the death in action of Capt. Selous, 

 D.S.O., in East Africa on January 4 last was universally 

 received in all English-speaking countries with a deep sense 

 of loss and with a feeling of intense admiration for one who, 

 at the age of sixty-four, insisted, and rightly so, on his 

 fitness to take up arms for his country. Joining the 

 25th Service Battalion of the Royal Fusileers (known as 

 the Frontiersmen), he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in 

 February 1915 and became Captain the following August. 

 He proceeded to East Africa and served under General 

 Smuts. In September last year he was mentioned in 

 dispatches, and was awarded the Distinguished Service 

 Order for his invaluable services. 



Selous was born in London on December 31, 1851, of 



