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and spoke with extreme caution. In recent years, he was 

 very helpful to Yorkshire geologists in connection with the 

 botanical remains found in the more recent deposits in the 

 countv. He was 63 years of age. — T.S. 



SIR RALPH PAYNE-GALLWEY, BART. 



Death has of late taken heavy toll of the members of the 



Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bait. 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and it is with deep regret that 

 we have to chronicle the decease of one of our past Presidents, 

 Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart., who, after an illness of some 

 months, passed peacefully away at his residence, Thirkleby 

 Park, on November 24th, at the age of 68. 



A sportsman-naturalist of the best type, Sir Ralph was 

 a keen sportsman and a fine ornithologist. The combination 

 resulted in the publication of two standard works, " The 

 Fowler in Ireland,' and ' The Book of Duck Decovs : their 



1917 Jan. 1. 



