158 In Memoriam : Herbert Knight Horsfield. 
which makes the total length of the Squid about 20 ft. One 
of the horny mandibles which had also been cut out by a 
souvenir hunter was recovered. The animal was very much 
damaged in other ways by the crowds of spectators who 
danced on its body, scrubbing off the delicate outer skin 
until only vestiges remained. On its arrival at the British 
Museum the Squid was found to agree with no known species. 
It was a kind of Architeuthis, a family which includes the 
largest known species of these deep-sea creatures, and after 
prolonged enquiry it has been named Architeuthis clarkei. A 
full description of the Squid, by Mr. G. C. Robson, of the 
British Museum, will appear shortly in the Proceedings of 
the Zoological Society. — W. J. Clarke. 
3n flDemonam. 
HERBERT KNIGHT HORSFIELD. 
Yorkshire Ornithology suffered a severe loss by the death of 
Herbert Knight Horsfield, who passed away peaceably at his 
home at Filey on November 16th, 1932. 
Horsfield was a Sportsman and Field Naturalist of the 
very best type. He was an author of considerable repute ; 
he had a gift for writing and could put his observations before 
the public in a pleasant and popular form, without departing 
from a high standard of truth. His ‘ Nature Notes/ con- 
tributed for over twenty years to The Yorkshire Weekly Post, 
are an example of accuracy which many other writers on 
similar subjects would do well to emulate. 
The author of several books, his, Sidelights on Birds, 
and English Bird Life, gave pleasure to a wide circle of 
readers by the great amount of genuine first-hand knowledge, 
which is contained in their covers, and In The Gun Room, 
is a number of delightful sketches of Sport and Natural 
History. He also published a couple of novels and a volume 
of verse, all of which were well received and were monuments 
to his versatility. He was also a regular contributor to 
The Field, Sporting and Dramatic, The Badmington, Blackwood , 
The National Review, etc. 
One of the oldest members of the B.O.U., joining in 
1888, and one of the original members of the B.O. Club, his 
friends numbered practically the whole of the older generation 
of naturalists : Dresser, Seebohm, Newton, Sanders, 
Tegetmier, Eagle Clarke, etc. 
The loss of his wife was a great blow to him, which only 
the devotion of his daughter helped to soften. A few years 
ago he had, unfortunately, to undergo an operation, from 
which he never really recovered. Of late years he had 
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