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3n fIDemoriam* 



MATTHEW BAILEY. 



In the death of Matthew Bailey, the well-known naturalist of 

 Elamborough, we lose one of the band of keen observers on the 

 E^ast coast, of which the late John Cordeaux was for so 

 many years the pivot and exponent ; and it is largely owing to 



Matthew Bailey 



"the presence on the spot of so competent an observer, among 

 others, as Matthew Bailey, that Cordeaux's classic work on 

 the birds of the Humber district owes much of its value as a 

 record of facts and observations. Throughout that work, Mr. 

 Bailey's name occurs frequently, in addition to a special 

 -acknowledgment in the preface. 



1908 December 



