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studies. He was fond of pets, and kept two tame Buzzards in his 

 garden for a number of years, but he was happiest when studying 

 wild birds in their natural haunts ; latterly at any rate, he kept a 

 running diary of the species met with from day to day. Full of 

 sympathy with animals, he was intolerant of wanton interference 

 with breeding birds, but to oblige a friend with a specimen of a 

 Black Redstart or Girl Bunting or some other uncommon 

 specimen was always a pleasurable interest. Endeared to his 

 personal friends by his singular unselfishness, he was evei' ready to 

 assist brother naturalists, with information or with specimens. 

 For himself, to examine a Dotterel killed on Dartmoor or to 

 catch a glimpse of a Richard's Pipit on the cliffs near Plymouth 

 fully gratified his ambition and rendered him a happy man. 



