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At Mr. Ilamond’s death, which took place on the 14th of Juno, 
1831, his ornithological collection passed into the possession of his 
sister, the late Miss Sarah diamond, of Swaffham, at whose decease, 
it became the property, by her bequest, of the late Mr. Robert Ehves, 
of Congham (cf Stevenson’s Birds of Norfolk , vol. ii. p. 33). 
John Davey Hoy, of S tok e-by-Nay Ian d , in Suffolk, was born 
16th January, 1796, and died 15th October, 1839. His many 
contributions to the Magazine of Natural History, and communi- 
cations to Mr. Jlewitson’s oological work, shew him to have been 
a very keen and accurate observer. He must indeed be regarded 
as one of the earliest of those intelligent amateur collectors who 
have so remarkably advanced the study of ornithology. He was 
greatly attached to the sport of falconry, and in its pursuit, as well 
as to enrich by personal captures his collection of eggs, he several 
times visited the continent, where he underwent so much hardship 
that lie was considered thereby to have injured his health, and not 
a little to have contributed to his early death.* 
The following extracts from a memorandum book in his hand- 
writing (kindly lent for the purpose of illustrating these letters, by 
his sister, Mrs. Lescher, of Boyle’s Court, near Brentwood, in 
Essex), may be here appropriately introduced : — 
[1833 ?] “ Wednesday 15th May. Left home half- past five, with Goshawk 
on hand ; reached Didlington High Ash about two o’clock. They had lost their 
best Hawk, called ‘ Bulldog,’ the day before. We saw him after the Rooks as 
we were walking from Mundford. Did not go out : gave some of the Hawks 
a train-Heron close by. 
“Thursday 16th In afternoon had two flights— one a 
good one— and caught the Heron well in sight after many stoops and turns. 
The other escaped. One Hawk left and pursued a Missel-Thrush, and the 
other gave it up after flying about a mile towards the heronry. Day very hot. 
Friday 17th. Day very hot and clear. Had one flight but not a good 
one. A very good hood-off. Hawks did not behave well. Drove over to 
Mr. Newcome’s in morning, took lunch with him, looked over his garden 
and grounds. Saw the Jer Falcon which he had set up for Lord Berners, 
and a rare species of Duck : think it to be the Ferruginous Duck, an old male. 
Saw a painting of the Icelander, and a portrait of a nobleman with a Hawk 
* A short notice of his death by Mr. Charlesworth will be found in the 
Magazine of Natural History (ser. 2, vol. iii, p. 604), and an extended 
account of his collection, as then existing at Mrs. Lescher’s house, by 
Dr. Bree, is contained in The Field for 1867, p. 251, et seq. 
