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(Public Schools Competition) ; in 1912 he wrote " The 

 Birds of South-East Northumberland " for the Zoologist, 

 which was later published in pamphlet form, with map 

 and illustration. In 1913 '" Notes on Norwegian Birds " 

 appeared in Country -Side, and afterwards as a " separate " 

 paper ; he also supphed British Birds with a number of 

 interesting notes, commencing with Vol. IV., and wrote 

 many short articles in other journals and local papers. 

 He was a most skilful and artistic taxidermist, his 

 methods of mounting birds in natural positions being, 

 as a near relative of his observed, " equal even to those 

 of my dear old friend, John Hancock," whose work both 

 Charlton and his brother so much admired. The writer 

 is of opinion that he would have made a great name, if 

 he had been spared to continue his studies, in that branch 

 of ornithology alone. 



As a soldier he had won golden opinions from his 

 superior officers, and also from the men under him, and 

 before the attack in which he fell, had already greatly 

 distinguished himself, and been recommended for the 

 Military Cross. 



LIEUTENANT H. V. CHARLTON. 



Lieutenant Hugh Vaughan Charlton, N.F., fell in 

 action near Whychaate, on June 24th, 1916, struck by 

 a bomb from a trench mortar. He was thirty-two years 

 of age, and joined the Armstrong College O.T.C., 

 receiving his commission in August of last year. He, 

 also, was a clever ornithologist, and the brothers worked 

 much together, though Hughs inclinations leaned towards 

 animal painting, for which he studied in Newcastle, 

 Edinburgh and London. Birds were his speciahty ; 

 his work was very artistic, and he had a fuie sense of 

 colour and beauty in nature and in art, and was a sound 

 critic. His paintings had already been hung in exhibi- 

 tions in the cities where he had carried on his studies. 

 One of his pictures, " The Home of the Dipper," was 

 exhibited in the Royal Academy of 1912. 



