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Nor was Oology forgotten : He collected and arranged 

 the egg of every British Bird, including many remark- 

 able varieties. In 1864 and 1865 Mr. Rocke published 

 his " Notes on the Birds of Shropshire " in the 

 Zoologist. In 1878 eyesight and health began to fail, but 

 he continued to manifest the keenest interest in his 

 museum, and had begun a small collection of the young 

 of many of the Birds in it which up to that time he 

 had been unable to procure. This, however, he never 

 completed. He died April 3, 1881, at the age of 64. 

 Mr. Rocke was J.P. and D.L. for the County of Salop, 

 was Sheriff in 1869, and was for many years Lieutenant 

 in the South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry. 

 Henry Shaw, familiarly known as " Harry " Shaw, was 

 born at Tarporley, Cheshire, October 3, 1812. He came 

 to Shrewsbury as a boy, and was educated by Mr. 

 David Parkes, of Castle Street, a well-known man in his 

 day. He must have been a boy of quick perceptions, 

 for in after life he displayed an amount of information 

 on his particular line of work which few men could 

 equal. His father's shop was a small one in Shoplatch, 

 and was demolished in 1868 to make room for the New 

 Market Hall. Henry and his brother John worked at 

 taxidermy under their father, and for some time after 

 his death remained in partnership but eventually they 

 separated. Both started in business at Shrewsbury 

 and were clever men at their profession, but Harry, 

 owing to his more genial nature, got on much better 

 than John with the country gentlemen, and thus secured 

 most of them as his patrons. He secured the orders to 

 mount and arrange the collection of Birds at Hawk- 

 stone, Clungunford, and Ludlow Museum, and received 



