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regular correspondent of Sir W. Jardine, of Yarrell, and of 

 Strickland, who visited him in Corfu. He contributed 

 several papers recording his observations to the periodicals of 

 the day. Among these are : — " Notes of a Sojourn of Four 

 Years in Corfu. The Birds of Corfu and the Ionian Islands," 

 Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1843, vol. xii. ; "Two Months in the 

 Island of Crete," ibid. vol. xii., being the first notice since 

 Belon of Cretan ornithology; "A Short Excursion in 

 Macedonia," Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1846, vol. xviii. — a paper 

 read at the British Association's meeting at Cork. In these 

 papers are many interesting observations on migration, and on 

 the notes of birds, in detecting and imitating which he was 

 remarkably proficient. He was the discoverer of Hypolais 

 olivetorum in 1835, which he pointed out to Strickland, who 

 described it in 1837. He was also the first to detect the 

 presence of ITypolais elaica in Europe, and he described the 

 White-necked Jackdaw as C. collaris, Anu. & Mag. N. H. 

 1846, vol. xviii. p. 11. 



On the removal of his regiment to Malta, Drummond-Hay 

 devoted himself chiefly to ichthyology, and, being a clever 

 artist, made a splendid collection of coloured drawings of the 

 Mediterranean fishes, working much with the late Signor 

 Schembri. These drawings and notes he j)resented to the 

 Smithsonian Institution. During these years he formed an 

 almost complete collection of the birds of the Mediterranean 

 countries. These, all mounted and arranged by his own hands, 

 he placed in Megginch Castle, where they remain as heir- 

 looms. He was next for three years stationed at Bermuda, to 

 the avifauna of which island he made many additions. He was 

 the captain of the grenadier company, and infused his spirit 

 into all the men of his battalion, who were as enthusiastic as 

 their popular captain in fishing and in collecting for him the 

 treasures of the deep. Here, and subsequently at Plalifax, 

 he continued his drawings and notes on the fishes, which fill 

 two large MS. volumes, but have not yet been published. 

 He retired from the army in 1852. The colonel used to be 

 fond of relating how he believed himself to be the last man 

 who had ever seen the Great Auk alive. In returning: to 



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