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formerly had nesting haunts in this county, and which, 
owing to the continuous depredations of egg-dealers and 
others, were rapidly becoming extinct as breeders. He was 
a strong supporter of the various Bird Protection Societies 
that have been formed in the county, such as those at 
Yarmouth, Wells, Blakeney, etc., and Norfolk will ever owe 
a debt of gratitude to him for the timely support he gave to 
this movement. He rendered useful service to “ The Society 
for the Protection of Birds ” (London), by writing on the 
Swallow in their Educational Series, No. 4, and on the Terns 
in No. 12 of the same series. 
Like all ornithologists, he was greatly interested in the 
migration of birds, on which subject he contributed a valuable 
paper to ‘ Natural Science ’ in 1897 (p. 245). 
As would be expected of a man who had such a catholicity 
of interests in all matters relating to Natural History, 
Mr. Southwell identified himself very closely with the Museum 
work in Norwich. When the old Norfolk and Norwich 
Museum was transferred, in 1893, to its present site in the 
Castle, he was co-opted on to the Museum Committee of the 
Town Council, and he remained a member of this Committee 
up to the time of his death. Through his instrumentality 
many specimens, which would not otherwise have been 
acquired, have been added to the collection. In 1896 he 
wrote an Official Guide to the Museum, which was published 
under the special sanction of the Museum Committee. In 
the formation of the Norwich Museum Association Mr. 
Southwell took the greatest interest, and by his regular 
attendance at its meetings, and in other ways, strongly 
supported it. His article on “ An Eighteenth Century 
Museum” in ‘The Museum Journal’ (1908, p. no) is worthy 
of all praise. For many years he was a valuable member of 
the Committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Library, and as 
a co-opted member of the Committee of the Free Library 
he also did good work. 
Mr. Southwell married, in 1868, Margaret Fyson, of Great 
Yarmouth, and had two daughters, both of whom survive 
him. 
