1889. 



THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 189 



Obituary. 



FREDERICK BOND, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



We much regret to record the death of Frederick Bond, on the 

 10th August last. 



Mr. Bond is perhaps better known to the older naturalists than to 

 the younger race, for his contributions to magazine literature have 

 become fewer in number as his age increased. Like so many more 

 working naturalists Mr. Bond was not much troubled with the cacoe- 

 thes scribendi, and never wrote but when he had something to say. 

 We do not remember any lengthy article from his pen, though his 

 short notes of captures and observations, are plentifully scattered 

 through the publications of the last half-century. Mr. Bond was 

 intended for the medical profession, but he did not like it, and, having 

 an independent income, abandoned his studies for more congenial 

 work among the birds and butterflies of his native land. Birds, birds' 

 eggs, and lepidoptera were his favourite branches of natural history, and 

 he confined himself exclusively to British species and British speci- 

 mens, of which he had amassed a very large and valuable collection, 

 probably one of the best in the country. His knowledge of ornithology 

 was great, and he was a close observer. Scarcely any work on the 

 subject has been published of recent years that did not contain some 

 reference to him. So with lepidoptera. The worst of it is that so 

 much of his knowledge dies with him. Those who had the pleasure 

 of a personal acquaintance with him, or those who, like the writer, 

 knew him only as a correspondent, can testify that he was ever ready 

 to impart his knowledge, but unless the opportunity came he did 

 not seek it. 



To ourselves he has been a valued correspondent. Since the 

 Young Naturalist was projected he has ever taken an interest in its 

 welfare. The whole of the articles on British birds in the earlier 

 volumes were revised by him, and though his published notes have 

 not been numerous, his assistance to the Editor has always been 

 readily given, and he was pleased to accept the dedication of the 

 second volume. 



Born on the nth February, 181 1, he was in his 79th year. He 

 was never married, and lived latterly with a widowed sister. He was 

 one of the old members of the Entomological Society, joining it in 1841. 

 His name will pass down to future generations in connection with 

 Tafiinostola Bondii, named in his honour by Dr. Knaggs. 



