ings ▁in ▁the ▁Bro ads , ▁capt uring ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁wild ▁beauty ▁of ▁this ▁region ▁in ▁his ▁distinct ive ▁style . ▁ ▁Roland ▁Green ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ ▁Rain ham , ▁Kent , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁tax id erm ist , ▁who ▁trained ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁skin ning , ▁stuff ing ▁and ▁setting ▁up ▁birds , ▁thereby ▁inst illing ▁an ▁extensive ▁knowledge ▁of ▁an atom y ▁and ▁pl um age . ▁He ▁showed ▁an ▁early ▁apt itude ▁for ▁drawing ▁and ▁painting ▁birds . ▁Edu c ated ▁in ▁Ro chester ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁Reg ent ▁Street ▁Poly techn ic , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁sk illed ▁bird ▁and ▁m amm al ▁painter , ▁holding ▁annual ▁exhib itions ▁of ▁his ▁paint ings ▁and ▁et ch ings . ▁The ▁subjects ▁of ▁his ▁et ch ings ▁were ▁sni pe , ▁Canada ▁ge ese , ▁m all ard ▁and ▁king fish ers . ▁He ▁also ▁gave ▁lect ures ▁on ▁bird ▁watching ▁and ▁the ▁drawing ▁of ▁birds , ▁with ▁an ▁emphas is ▁on ▁birds ▁in ▁flight . ▁He ▁spent ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁re ed bed s , ▁creating ▁the ▁mistaken ▁impression ▁of ▁being ▁un soci able , ▁but ▁his ▁tal ks ▁to ▁pup ils ▁at ▁various ▁schools ▁disp elled ▁that ▁notion . ▁Green ▁was ▁commission ed ▁by ▁Lord ▁Des borough ▁of ▁H ick ling ▁Est ate ▁in ▁Nor folk ▁to ▁paint ▁a ▁fr ie ze ▁at ▁Wh ites lea ▁L odge , ▁showing ▁the ▁birds ▁of ▁H ick ling ▁Broad . ▁ ▁Works ▁illustrated