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True to his boyish passion for birds, it was in 

 ornithology that Tegetmeier aspired to be an 

 expert and an authority ; he was prouder of being 

 a Member of the British Ornithologists' Union 

 than of any other scientific body to which he 

 was elected. The letters M.B.O.U. were the 

 only ones he took pride and pleasure in using 

 after his name, although he would of course add 

 the initials F.Z.S. to the author's name in 

 any book he wrote on natural history subjects. 

 The Ornithologists' Union was founded in 1858, 

 and is a purely scientific society. He was elected 

 a Member in 1873, and often contributed to 

 the Union's quarterly journal, the Ibis, and he 

 was a frequent exhibitor at the meetings of the 

 British Ornithologists' Club. On his death the 

 Secretary of the Union wrote his son the following 

 appreciative letter of sympathy : — 



" I am desired by the Committee of the B.O.U. 

 to convey to you their most sincere sympathy 

 and condolences on the death of your father. 

 Your father's work was always in the best and 

 truest sense scientific, and they feel that his death 

 removes not only their most venerable but one 

 of their most illustrious members. Permit me, 

 sir, to add my private appreciation of the excellent 

 work accomplished in his time by your father. 

 There are at the present day far too few practical 

 scientific men, and we can ill afford to lose one 

 of the pioneers. Although his work is done, his 

 example will still live. Believe me, with deep 

 sympathy, Yours faithfully, 



J. Lewis Bonhote." 





