In Memoriam: T.H. Nelson, J.P., M.Sc.,M.B.0.U. 405 
Despite his activities, he did not publish any really im- 
portant work until his “‘ Birds of Yorkshire’ appeared. His 
field notes, scattered in the pages of ‘The Ibis,’ ‘ Zoologist,’ 
‘Naturalist,’ ‘Field,’ ‘ British Birds,’ etc., were. however, both 
numerous and valuable. For a considerable time, he acted 
as referee for Ornithology for The Naturalist. 
When Mr. Eagle Clarke left Yorkshire, a substitute had 
to be found to undertake the writing of ‘ The Birds of York- 
shire.” The unanimous choice of the Executive Committee 
of the Union fell upon Mr. Nelson, and it would have been 
impossible to select anyone better fitted for the task. The 
work was in a true sense ‘monumental,’ an example of the 
best kind of county avi-fauna, and one which will stand for 
all time as a fitting memorial to the author. The present 
writer was closely associated with Mr. Nelson during the 
progress of this work, and can bear testimony to the great and 
unceasing care which was exercised by him to ensure that 
every statement contained therein was thoroughly reliable. 
In order that this should be so, the labour entailed was enorm- 
ous, thousands of references and notes had to be carefully 
investigated and sifted, some of them time after time, before 
they were admitted. The results of his labours are universally 
recognised to be as near perfect as it is possible for works of 
this kind to be. 
When the University of Leeds decided to confer the Honor- 
ary Degree of M.Sc. upon a certain number of members of 
the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, as an acknowledgement of 
the great work done in connection with Natural Science by 
the Union and its individual members, they rightly selected 
Mr. Nelson to receive the honour on behalf of Yorkshire 
ornithology. In another direction he was honoured by being 
placed upon the Commission of Peace for the North Riding, 
his presence upon the bench being frequent. 
Mr. Nelson was of a kindly and somewhat quiet disposition, 
a good friend, and one who will be missed by a large circle of 
friends and fellow naturalists, whose sympathies will go out 
to Mrs. Nelson (who took a keen and active interest in all her 
husband’s work) in her great trouble.—R. F. 

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In ‘“‘More New Cecidomyid Galls’”’ in The Entomologist’s Record for 
November, Messrs. R. S. Bagnall and J. W. H. Harrison record many 
northern county species. 
To a note on ‘ Spheriestes (Rabocerus) gabrielt,’ by Prof. T. Hudson 
Beare, in The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine for November, ‘ G.C.C.’ 
adds a note to the effect that ‘ The insects representing S. foveolatus in 
the collection of the British Coleoptera in the National Museum are 
referable to S. gabrieli, as are those (from Scarborough) in my own col- 
lection.’ 


1916 Dec. 1. 
