12 ORNITHOLOGISTS KILLED IN 

 THE WAR 



IN conclusion, a passing tribute is due to 

 those British ornithologists who, with 

 thousands of other valiant soldiers, 

 have given their lives for King and Country. 

 In days to come mankind will be astounded 

 by the grand total of human lives sacrificed 

 In the War. At present we have figures 

 for our own losses, to which we must add 

 the more or less detailed statistics of losses 

 sustained by our allies and our enemies; 

 this vast total will be swelled still further by 

 those who, though they have not fallen in 

 actual battle, have perished as a direct con- 

 sequence of the War. Shell and bullet, 

 torpedo and gas, are reckoned as some of the 

 weapons of war ; accidental explosions, ship- 

 wreck, massacres, famine and disease, must 

 be regarded as its contingencies. A Member 

 of Parliament stated early in 1918 that from 



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