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up a tree and unarmed ; I therefore descended as leisurely 

 as possible, knowing that if I showed any special haste in 

 getting down they would suspect me of having seen them. 

 The egg I had placed in my mouth as the quickest and safest 

 way that I could think of to dispose of it — and rather an 

 uncomfortably large mouthful it was, too; nevertheless I 

 reached the ground safely, and, with my horse and shot-gun, 

 lost no time in getting to high and open ground. I returned 

 to the place again within an hour and a half, looking for 

 the Indians, but what followed has no bearing upon my 

 subject. [There is a grim suggestiveness in this remark.] 

 I only mention the episode to account for not having secured 

 one of the parents of these eggs. I found it no easy matter 

 to remove the e^g from my mouth without injury, but I 

 finally succeeded, though my jaws ached for some time 

 afterwards." 



William Graham, of Gartmore, and of the Manor House, 

 Cray ford, Kent, died on March 12th, at the age of forty- 

 seven. In early life he had some experience of sheep-farming 

 in New Zealand, and on his return he devoted to sport and 

 natural history as much time as could be spared from business. 

 Accounts of excursions to the Scilly Islands, the Fames, 

 and the Bass Rock are to be found in the ' Trans. Norfolk 

 and Norwich Naturalists^ Society,^ but from the pen of 

 Mr. Bidwell, for Graham disliked writing. He was partial 

 to duck-shooting in Holland; while, as a good fisherman, 

 his practical knowledge led to his being appointed Chairman 

 of the National Sea-Fisheries Committee. Elected a Member 

 of the B. O. U. in 1886, and one of the original Members of 

 the B. O. C, at the Meetings of which he was a constant 

 attendant, Graham was well known and deservedly popular. 

 It was only on the 21st of last January that he was pre- 

 siding as Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Company at a 

 dinner, the principal feature of which was the presence of a 

 large proportion of explorers and scientific men, especially 

 ornithologists ; and his genial personality will be much missed 

 at our gatherings. 



