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his conversation. In observing Birds out of doors he 

 always used a good field-glass, and recommended others 

 to do the same. Although he never made a systematic 

 collection of Birds, he accumulated during his life a large 

 number of the rarer species, and these are still in the 

 possession of his family at Radbrook. One of his most 

 recent acquisitions, and one of which he was very proud, 

 was the " White's Thrush " shot at Moreton Corbet in 

 1892, a photograph of which is given in this book. He 

 lived at Eaton Constantine till the year 1889, when he 

 moved to Radbrook House, near Shrewsbury, and here, 

 to the great grief of all who knew him, he died on July 

 22nd, 1892. He was buried at Eaton Constantine. 

 Thomas Bodenham, born 1804. Very little is known 

 about this gentleman except that he had independent 

 means. He lived first at Hook-a-gate and seems 

 to have been a good botanist, for he contributed 

 many notes on the plants found in that neigh- 

 bourhood to Leighton's " Flora of Shropshire." He 

 afterwards came to reside in Column Buildings, Shrews- 

 bury, and subsequently at a larger house called Sunfield. 

 He was of a very retiring disposition, and rarely left 

 home, especially during the later years of his life, when 

 he was a chronic invalid. From 1849 till his death he 

 was a member of the Swan Hill Congregational Church 

 and a liberal donor to its funds. It is not known how or 

 when he took up the study of ornithology, but it was 

 probably late in life, after he moved to Sunfield. He 

 then made the acquaintance of Mr. Beckwith, who used 

 to visit him so frequently that a room was kept always 

 ready for him, and was called " Mr. Beckwith's room." 

 Mr. Bodenham seems to have devoted himself especially 



