NOTICES OF ESSEX ORNITHOLOGISTS. 23 



supposed he had a fit, as he was found on his face in shallow water. I believe he 

 left a son and daughter, but I know nothing further about him — not even where 

 he lived." 



HOPE, G. P., of Upminster Hall, is an ardent sportsman 

 and takes great interest in birds, of which he has a considerable 

 and interesting collection, consisting chiefly of Essex specimens 

 (pp. 36 and 50. ii. 135). He has given much assistance during the 

 preparation of this work. 



HOY, J. D. (1797-1839), was born in 1797, and resided at 

 Stoke Priory, Stoke-by-Nayland, on the Stour. He was a first-rate 

 shot, a skilled bird-stuffer, and an ardent naturalist. In some 

 remarks upon his life and his collection of birds by Dr. Bree (29. 

 Sep. 28th — Dec. 14th, 1867), it is stated that " as a working naturalist 

 he was almost unequalled in his day in this country." Dr. Bree 

 writes : — 



" The Suffolk and Norfolk Coasts were the principal fields of his labours, and 

 in the latter part of his life he used to make annual visits to Holland and German)-- 

 It was during one of these visits, whilst living almost in the swamps and marshes 

 of the country, that he laid the foundation of the malady which, at the early 

 age of forty-two, terminated his life on the 15th of October, 1839." 



His premature death prevented him from completing either his 

 notes for publication or his collections. He never published any- 

 thing except some short communications in the natural history pub- 

 lications of the day, though numerous items of information supplied by 

 him are to be found in the pages of Yarrell and Hewitson. His ex- 

 tensive collection of birds (p. 35) is now in the possession of his nephew, 

 Mr. J. F. Lescher, of Boyles Court, Brentwood, and is contained in 

 267 cases. The specimens comprise many of considerable interest, 

 and the collection as a whole was very fully described by Dr. Bree. 

 Canon Babington states (46. 10) that a few specimens still remain 

 at Stoke in possession of Mr. Hoy's brother. He adds : — 



" Mrs. Lescher has a copy of a MS. catalogue made by Mr. Seaman, of 

 Ipswich, about 1840, but the localities named are very few. Most of the specimens, 

 however, were obtained near Stoke." 



KERRY, F., of Harwich, is a very good ornithologist, and 

 has devoted much attention to the birds of his district. He fur- 

 nished the late Canon Babington with much useful information for 

 his Birds of Suffolk (46. 5), and has also rendered very valuable 

 aid during the compilation of the present work. 



KING, William Doubleday, (1801-1870), was born at 



