NOTICES OF ESSEX ORNITHOLOGISTS. 23
supposed he had a fit, as he was found on his face in shallow water. I believe he
left a son and daughter, but I know nothing further about him—not even where
he lived."
HOPE, G. P., of Upminster Hall, is an ardent sportsman,
and takes great interest in birds, of which he has a considerable
and interesting collection, consisting chiefly of Essex specimens
(pp. 36 and 50. ii. 135). He has given much assistance during the
preparation of this work.
HOY, J. D. (1797-1839), was born in 1797, and resided at
Stoke Priory, Stoke-by-Nayland, on the Stour. He was a first-rate
shot, a skilled bird-stuffer, and an ardent naturalist. In some
remarks upon his life and his collection of birds by Dr. Bree (29.
Sep. 28th—Dec. 14th, 1867), it is stated that " as a working naturalist
he was almost unequalled in his day in this country." Dr. Bree
writes :—
" The Suffolk and Norfolk Coasts were the principal fields of his labours, and
in the latter part of his life he used to make annual visits to Holland and Germany
It was during one of these visits, whilst living almost in the swamps and marshes
of the country, that he laid the foundation of the malady which, at the early
age of forty-two, terminated his life on the 15th of October, 1839."
His premature death prevented him from completing either his
notes for publication or his collections. He never published any-
thing except some short communications in the natural history pub-
lications of the day, though numerous items of information supplied by
him are to be found in the pages of Yarrell and Hewitson. His ex-
tensive collection of birds (p. 35) is now in the possession of his nephew,
Mr. J. F. Lescher, of Boyles Court, Brentwood, and is contained in
267 cases. The specimens comprise many of considerable interest,
and the collection as a whole was very fully described by Dr. Bree.
Canon Babington states (46. 10) that a few specimens still remain
at Stoke in possession of Mr. Hoy's brother. He adds :—
" Mrs. Lescher has a copy of a MS. catalogue made by Mr. Seaman, of
Ipswich, about 1840, but the localities named are very few. Most of the specimens,
however, were obtained near Stoke."
KERRY, F., of Harwich, is a very good ornithologist, and
has devoted much attention to the birds of his district. He fur-
nished the late Canon Babington with much useful information for
his Birds of Suffolk (46. 5), and has also rendered very valuable
aid during the compilation of the present work.
KING, William Doubleday, (1801-1870), was born at