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England, on the ist of August, 1899, in his 69th year, after a short but 

 painful illness. He was born on the 27th of February, 1S31, at Foston 

 Rectory, Leicestershire, and was the eldest son of the Rev. John 

 Cordeaux, M. A., rector of Hoonton Roberts, Yorkshire. From a memo- 

 rial notice by his friend and associate, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke ('The 

 Naturalist,' Sept. 1899, pp. 277-279) we learn : "As a young man he went 

 to live at Great Cotes, on the Lincolnshire bank of the Humber Estuary, 

 and here he made for half a century those interesting and valuable 

 observations on birds and their migratory movements which have not 

 only made his name familiar to all British ornithologists, but also to 

 those of Europe and America. ... In the year 1873, Mr. Cordeaux pub- 

 lished his ' Birds of the Humber District' — a book teeming with origi- 

 nal observations on the birds resident and migratory of the district he 

 had made so preeminently his own. ... It is, perhaps, in connection 

 with the interesting phenomenon of the migrations of our British birds 

 that Mr. Cordeaux has come most into prominence. He was practi- 

 cally the founder of that elaborate and exhaustive enquiry which was 

 undertaken by the British Association in 1SS0, in which year a com- 

 mittee of experts was appointed to investigate the subject of bird migra- 

 tion as observed on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. . . . During 

 all this period — now well nigh on to twenty years — Mr. Cordeaux 

 acted as Secretary to the Committee, a post which was no sinecure, espe- 

 cially during the years of the Committee's active existence, 1880-1887; 

 and it is not too much to say that he was the life and soul of the enquiry, 

 while in later years he has been the valued adviser of him who undertook 

 to prepare the results of the investigation as a whole. 



" Mr. Cordeaux had a competent knowledge in several other branches 

 of natural history, especially as regards botany, mammals, and fishes. 

 He filled, with distinction, the important office of President of the York- 

 shire Naturalists' Union, and, on its formation in 1S90, he was elected 

 to the chief post of honour in the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union as its 

 first President. He was gifted with a graceful pen and a poetical imagi- 

 nation, and these contributed to make his writing peculiai ly attractive. 

 As a friend atid a man it is impossible to speak in terms too high. He 

 possessed a singularly charming personality, and was beloved by all 

 who knew him, while his sterling worth and lofty principles won for 

 him universal esteem. By his death a wide circle has lost a true and 

 very dear friend, and British natural history an enthusiastic and accom- 

 plished devotee." 



In the same number of ' The Naturalist' there is a much longer and 

 more detailed tribute to his memory by the Rev. E. A. Woodruffe-Pea- 

 cock. 



Volume I, Number 1, of 'The Gulf Fauna and Flora Bulletin' bears- 

 date June, 1899. It is a bi-monthly octavo magazine, issued by the 

 Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., under the editorship of 



