MEMOIR OF THE LATE FREDERICK BOND. AL1 
where I stood he opened his mouth, when the Snipe dropped 
out, and fluttered away to a considerable distance,—so tenderly 
had it been carried. This dog we found most useful for collecting 
purposes, as he would find a small bird in thick covert, and bring 
it without further injury. With our united “ pack” we rambled 
about the country, shooting and collecting, and sometimes 
making excursions to a distance. He came to stay at our house 
in West Sussex, and greatly enjoyed the walks over the chalk 
downs, and through the beech woods, where we found a great 
variety of land and fresh-water Mollusca. We collected between 
sixty and seventy different wild flowers in bloom there one 
summer, and I remember that he was particularly struck with 
the Orchids, of which ten or a dozen species were identified, 
including the Fly, Bee, and Butterfly Orchids, Lady’s Tresses 
(Neottia spiralis), and the Bird’s-nest Orchis (Listera nidus-avis). 
In the woods and hollow lanes in that part of the country, the 
great variety of Ferns and Fungi to be met with, many of 
which he could name off-hand, made our country walks most 
delightful. Amongst the rarer birds’ eggs we obtained there were 
those of the Grasshopper Warbler, Woodlark, Great Spotted Wood- 
pecker, Water Rail, and Teal. Never shall I forget the pleasure 
che expressed on my showing him a Teal’s nest in sttu,* nor his 
delight on receiving a beautiful clutch of Snipe’s eggs which I 
had searched for and secured for him, at his request, together 
with the old bird, which I shot from the nest, at a date (April 4th) 
which he considered to be unusually early.t 
“Tt was at his house that I first saw ‘The Zoologist,’ and 
from the time that I commenced to take it in regularly, in 1860, 
it was read with keen interest every month, and discussed in 
detail by us. His criticisms of the observations which it con- 
tained were always kindly expressed, and the way in which he 
explained what were evidently errors of observation, or want of 
knowledge on the part of correspondents, taught me volumes. 
Little did I think in those days, when studying the pages of 
‘The Zoologist,’ that I should one day come to be the Editor of 
the Journal which I then so much admired.” 

* Described in ‘ The Birds of Middlesex,’ p. 281. 
+ He communicated a note on the subject to ‘The Zoologist,’ 1868, 
p. 1256. 
