398 The late William Brodrich. 



recognised and appreciated, and it will probably surprise some 

 of our readers to learn that he has left behind him some of the 

 most remarkable drawings (many of them coloured) of the 

 external form and internal structure of British Mollusca and Sea 

 Anemones, which have perhaps been ever prepared under high 

 microscopic power — a feat the difficulty of which is well known 

 to all who have attempted a similar task. 



Here we lay down the pen, certain that the memory of 

 William Brodrick will long be held dear by all who had the 

 advantage of knowing him, and that nothing would have pleased 

 him better than to have known (as it is feared he did not know) 

 how very highly his "Falconry in the British Isles" was 

 esteemed by the many falconers and naturalists who may 

 happen to peruse these lines. 



I owe this preceding notice to Mr Brodrick's daughter, (Mrs 

 A. M. Ellis, Bryntirion, Newmarket. Cambridge), followed by 

 the following letter of explanation. Mrs Ellis adds in another 

 communication — " a propos of his drawings and paintings, one 

 of his oil paintings of a Lanner, entitled 'In the Mews,' was 

 exhibited at the Royal Academy in the summer of 1881, and is 

 now in my mother's possession." 



Bryntirion, Newmarket, Cambs., May 1st, 1892. 



Dear Sir, — Many thanks for your letter received a day or two a^o, 

 which much interested my mother and me. Personally, we have no 

 objection to your giving the notice of my dear father as it stands in the 

 slip I sent you. It was published in the April number of the Zoologist in 

 1889, as well as in the Field earlier in that year. Mr Harting, the editor 

 of the Zoologist, sent the slip to me. I had supplied him with some of the 

 information contained in it. I suppose he would not object to its being 

 used as you propose ? 



My father was a nephew of Mr Selby of Twizell House, Northumberland, 

 his mother being Mr Selby' s sister. My great- nncle, Prideaux John 

 Selby, was the eldest of three sons of George Selby, and had four sisters, 

 the third of whom was my grandmother, Mary Anne Selby, who married 

 William Brodrick, my grandfather. 



My father often spoke of the pleasant days he spent with the 

 Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, and we still possess a rare plant found by 

 him during one of these expeditions. I shall be glad to give you any 

 further information in my power that you may require. 



Believe me, 



Yours truly 



ISABEL ELLIS. 



