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  need 
  hardly 
  point 
  out 
  what 
  an 
  excellent 
  opportunity 
  is 
  here 
  

   afforded 
  for 
  a 
  young 
  and 
  ardent 
  ornithologist 
  to 
  explore 
  a 
  

   wholly 
  unknown 
  region, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  discover 
  the 
  true 
  home 
  

   of 
  the 
  Knot 
  and 
  the 
  Curlew 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  Obituary. 
  — 
  The 
  Rev. 
  F. 
  O. 
  Morris; 
  Henry 
  Whitely. 
  

  

  The 
  Rev. 
  Francis 
  Orpen 
  Morris, 
  Rector 
  of 
  Nunburnholme, 
  

   in 
  Yorkshire, 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  39 
  years, 
  though 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  

   claim 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  scientific 
  ornithologist, 
  was 
  passionately 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  our 
  native 
  birds, 
  and 
  took 
  a 
  leading 
  

   part 
  in 
  the 
  well-justified 
  agitation 
  that 
  has 
  lately 
  spread 
  so 
  

   far 
  for 
  their 
  protection. 
  Mr. 
  Morris 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  Cove, 
  in 
  

   Ireland, 
  on 
  the 
  25tli 
  March, 
  1810, 
  and 
  was 
  educated 
  at 
  a 
  

   private 
  school 
  and 
  at 
  Worcester 
  College, 
  Oxford, 
  where 
  he 
  

   took 
  his 
  B.A. 
  degree 
  in 
  1833. 
  His 
  principal 
  work 
  was 
  a 
  

   ' 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Birds,' 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  third 
  edition 
  in 
  six 
  

   volumes 
  was 
  issued 
  some 
  two 
  years 
  ago. 
  He 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  

   author 
  of 
  'The 
  Nests 
  and 
  Eggs 
  of 
  British 
  Birds 
  ' 
  (3 
  vols. 
  

   London, 
  1856-61), 
  and 
  of 
  many 
  other 
  popular 
  works 
  on 
  the 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Islands. 
  His 
  name 
  is 
  well 
  

   known 
  to 
  readers 
  of 
  ' 
  The 
  Times 
  ' 
  from 
  numerous 
  letters 
  

   contributed 
  to 
  the 
  columns 
  of 
  that 
  newspaper 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  

   series 
  of 
  years 
  on 
  subjects 
  connected 
  with 
  natural 
  history. 
  

   He 
  died 
  at 
  Nunburnholme 
  on 
  the 
  lOtli 
  of 
  February 
  last. 
  

  

  Henry 
  Whitely. 
  — 
  Intelligence 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  in 
  this 
  

   country 
  of 
  the 
  death, 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  British 
  Guiana, 
  on 
  

   the 
  11th 
  of 
  July 
  last 
  year, 
  of 
  Henry 
  Whitely, 
  Jun,, 
  the 
  weli- 
  

   known 
  traveller 
  and 
  collector. 
  Whitely 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  Wool- 
  

   wich 
  on 
  June 
  18th, 
  1844, 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Whitely, 
  of 
  

   Woolwich, 
  formerly 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Artillery 
  Institu- 
  

   tion. 
  He 
  made 
  his 
  first 
  expedition 
  to 
  Japan 
  in 
  1864, 
  and 
  

   the 
  ornithological 
  results 
  were 
  published 
  in 
  this 
  Journal^. 
  

  

  After 
  returning 
  to 
  Europe, 
  Whitely 
  proceeded, 
  in 
  1867, 
  to 
  

   Western 
  Peru, 
  and 
  made 
  good 
  collectious 
  of 
  birds 
  at 
  various 
  

  

  * 
  "Notes 
  on 
  Birds 
  collected 
  near 
  Hakodadi, 
  in 
  Northern 
  Japan." 
  By 
  

   Henry 
  Whitely, 
  Jun. 
  Ibis, 
  1867, 
  p. 
  193. 
  

  

  