302 Obituary. [Ibis, 



Early in 1917 he broke his leg, and was sent to England, 

 where he remained in hospital at Newport, Mon., for a 

 month, and then completed his convalescence by the River 

 Usk, and later at Shoreham and Sittingbourne, returning to 

 France at the end of July. 



He was always shy and retiring, and did not easily make 

 friends ; he preferred to enlist as a private in the Army, 

 where he soon became generally loved for his universal 

 kindness and modest generosity to all whom he could help. 

 It was typical of him that it was only after his death that 

 any of his family learnt, from one of his Italian friends, 

 that in one of the battles in which he took part he had 

 captured a German prisoner and shared his last biscuit and 

 water with him. 



In advancing through the barrage to support the front 

 line in one of the great Passchendaele battles on 4 October, 

 1917, he was hit by a shell and severely wounded ; he appears 

 to have died or been killed later the same day, after being 

 put on an ambulance. 



He became a member of the Union in 1911. 



Much of his work remains unpublished, but the following 

 articles from his pen, besides shorter notes, appeared in 

 ' British Birds ' :— 



" Some Observations on the Song-Periods of Birds,^' i. 



1907-8, pp. 367-73. 

 " On a Plan of mapping Migrating Birds in their Nesting 



Areas,'^ ii. 1908-9, pp. 322-6. 

 "The Notes of the British Willow-Tit,^' iv. 1910-11, 



pp. 146-7. 

 " Further Observations on the Song-Periods of Birds," 



iv. 1910-11, pp. 274-8. 

 "Notes on Zonal Distribution in the Mountains of 



Latiura,'' xi. 1917-18, pp. 74-82. 

 "Observations on Birds singing in their Winter-Qnarters 



and on Migration," xi. 1917-18, pp. 98-102. 



H. G. A. 



