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to say, he Avas a supporter of the Norfolk and Norwich 
Naturalists’ Society, although not an original member, and 
in 1883-d was offered and accepted the post of President. 
When he joined in 1871, this Society was poorly supported 
and little known, but he lived to see it rise in popularity 
under the secretaryship of Dr. S. H. Long, and contributed 
on at least one occasion to its Transactions. 
A Fellow of the Zoological Society in 1864, and Member 
of the British Ornithologists’ Union the same year, he was 
easily senior in both these scientific bodies to any other 
East Anglian. Of course, he made a point of attending the 
meetings of the B. O. U. whenever possible, and at the 
special Jubilee gathering, held in 1908, he was called upon 
as the oldest surviving elected member to take the chair, 
when he had the honour of presenting medals to the sur¬ 
viving original members of the Union—Mr. F. D. Godman, 
Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. W. H. Hudleston, and Mr. Percy 
Godman. The speech with which these presentations were 
prefaced was a characteristic one, bringing in a reference 
to Canon Tristram, his fellow-traveller in Palestine, and 
another to his old college friend Alfred Newton. 
Like other naturalists, he took great interest in the 
visitation of Pallas’s Sand-Grouse to this country in 1888, 
and exhorted his friends to refrain from shooting them. 
But besides exerting himself in this way he assisted the 
late Mr. Southwell and the writer of these recollections 
in compiling a correct list of occurrences—no easy task, 
for they numbered over eleven hundred for the county of 
Norfolk alone, besides many more in Suffolk. Unfortunately 
there was no proof of breeding, although various reports 
were circulated as to the finding of eggs (see ‘ Zoologist,’ 
1888, p. 454), but only in one instance could it be verified. 
A farmer at Pickenham near Swaffham, who ought to 
have known better, shot a Sand-Grouse as she rose from her 
three eggs. These he took to Major Applethwaite of that 
place, from whom and from the late Mr. Partridge this 
information was obtained. Mr, Southwell enquired into 
