IN MEMORIAM : ROBERT SERVICE 131 



I have already had to perform the melancholy task of 

 writing my friend's obituary for " British Birds " magazine, 

 and I have there referred to the example which Robert 

 Service has left us " of generosity, of a stern sense of duty, 

 of an untiring energy, of patient and loving study of the 

 beauties of Nature." 



Besides being a constant contributor to the Transactions 

 of many Societies, Robert Service's papers often appeared in 

 the " Scottish Naturalist," the " Annals of Scottish Natural 

 History," and the " Zoologist" To give a complete list of 

 his papers is here impracticable ; but the following are 

 perhaps some of the most valuable : 



1885. Disappearance of the Chough (Pyrrhocorax graodus, L.) 

 from the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. (Read 28th 

 April 1885.) "Proceedings and Transactions of the 

 Natural History Society of Glasgow," N.S. vol. i. 

 (1883-1886), pp. 117-122. 



1887. On the Former Existence of Ptarmigan in South- West 

 Scotland. "Zoologist," 1887, pp. 81-89. 



Wild White Cattle in South-Western Scotland. Op. tit. 

 1887, pp. 448-457- 



1891. The Old Fur Market of Dumfries. "Scottish Naturalist," 



vol. xi. 1891, pp. 97-102. 



1892. Freshwater Fishes of the Solway Area. " Annals of Scottish 



Natural History," 1892, pp. 18-25. 



1893. Distribution of the Alpine Hare in South-West Scotland. 



"Zoologist," 1893, pp. 265-266. 



1894. Occurrence of Whiskered Tern in Solway. "Annals of 



Scottish Natural History," 1894, pp. 179-181. 



Charaas graminis in Southern Scotland. " Entomologist," 

 xxvii. pp. 278-282. 



1895. The Starling in Solway. "Annals of Scottish Natural 



History," 1895, pp. 92-96. 



1896. Mammals of Solway. Op. at. 1896, pp. 201-210. 



,, The Aculeate Hymenoptera of Mid-Solway, in the " Flora 

 of Dumfriesshire" by G. F. Scott-Elliot, 1896, pp. xiv- 

 xxii. 



1901. The Vertebrates of Solway : A century's changes. (Printed 

 for private circulation.) i2mo. 23 pp. [A reprint (with 

 introduction added) of his paper read on i6th Nov. 



