Conclusion 



ten to twelve millions had been killed, and 

 that forty-four millions had been maimed 

 and shattered in mind and body by the War 

 (Daily Mail, io.v.i8). 



To give the roll of honour, even if it was 

 possible, of all the British lovers of birds 

 who fell in the War would occupy many 

 pages, but a fairly complete list could prob- 

 ably be compiled from the columns of such 

 publications as The Field, The Illustrated Sport- 

 ing and Dramatic News, British Birds Maga- 

 zine, The Zoologist, The Ibis, and Bird Notes 

 and News. I propose, however, only to re- 

 cord the names of those who were particularly 

 well known on account of their contributions 

 to ornithology, and whose deaths, often in 

 the prime of their lives and at the commence- 

 ment of promising scientific careers, are 

 therefore the more to be deplored : 



C. J. Alexander (October 4th~5th, 1917); 

 Commander Hon. R. Bridgeman (January 



1917) ; Lord Brabourne (March I2th, 1915) ; 

 Captain Sydney F. Brock (November nth, 



1918) ; Captain J. C. Crowley (September nth, 

 1916) ; Eric Dunlop (May igth, 1917) ; Cap- 



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