VOL. X.] JOHN ALEXANDER HARVIE-BROWN. 103 



steamer. During all these years he was amassing a 

 magnificent collection of eggs and birds' skins, which 

 was the result of the joint efforts of himself and his 

 friend H. W. Feilden, who, being in the Army, and 

 therefore constantly on the move, was only too glad 

 that it might be housed at Dunipace. A fu"e, however, 

 in January 1897, almost totally destroyed their collec- 

 tion, Mhich may well be regarded as unreplaceable. 

 With advancing years he grew less and less active and 

 gradually settled down to a stay-at-home life as laird 

 of Dunipace. For a number of years he was chairman 

 of Dunipace School Board and was also a member of 

 its Parish Council. 



Until two or three years ago he was still able to enjoy 

 a certain amount of shooting and fishing, but his stout- 

 ness increased to a veritable infirmity (shortly before 

 his death he weighed as much as twenty-seven stone) 

 and latterly he was scarcely able to leave his armchair. 

 His mind, however, remained active and he was a great 

 talker, possessing a fund of anecdote, while to the end he 

 delighted in carrying on a voluminous correspondence 

 with anyone who was interested in ornithology. He was 

 the staunchest of Tories, and he resented any innovation, 

 either in politics or in ornithological nomenclature, as 

 keenly as did his old Cambridge friend Alfred Newton. 



His death was not apprehended ; he had been unweU 

 for a few days but had been pronounced decidedly 

 better, so that he passed away unexpectedly at 10.30 a.m. 

 on July 26th, 1916. Three days later he was buried in 

 Dmiipace Old Cemetery, which stands between the two 

 hills (Duni pacis, the Knolles of Peace, as they have 

 been termed) right in front of the house which had for 

 so many years been his happy and busy home. 



A list of Harvie-Brown's published writings is given 

 in the Royal Society's Catalogue of scientific publications, 

 and a bibliography of his works was privately printed 

 [N.D.) in one vol., 4to, pp. 34. In Messrs. Mullens and 

 Kirke-Swan's recently published Bibliography of British 



