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416 secretary, and the publication nine years afterwards of Mr. Eagle Clarke's "Digest of the Observations," sufficiently appraise the value of this work. The Acts for the protection of sea- and wildfowl gave him much occupation, and he was one of the expert witnesses before a Select Committee of the House of Commons which was formed to take evidence and advice on the subject, the particulars of which are to be found in a Blue Book published in 1873.

Besides being a frequent and most valued contributor to our pages, as well as to the 'Naturalist,' 'Ibis,' Meteorological Society's 'Journal,' and other publications in sympathy with his favourite studies, he was a member of the British Ornithologists' Union; F.R.G.S.; and President, in 1894, of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union. His last publication was apparently in the August number of the 'Naturalist,' and, strangely, was an obituary notice of his late friend and brother naturalist Dr. Bendelack Hewetson, the last paragraph of which contains such prophetic sentences—when read to-day—as "when all present voices have become silent," and a reference to the "valley of shadows."

John Cordeaux was that type of English country gentleman who was not only esquire among the inhabitants of his neighbourhood, but also over the fauna of his county.