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minute mammillaeform prominences on opposite cell-walls, 

 although such prominences are not seen while the tubes 

 retain their connections. 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Proposed Memorial to the late William Maegillivray, M.D., 



LL.D. William Maegillivray, Professor of Natural History and 

 Lecturer on Botany in Marischal College and University, Aberdeen, 

 died in Aberdeen in September 1852, and was buried in New 

 Calton Burying-Ground in Edinburgh. To the present hour his 

 grave is not marked even by an ordinary tombstone. There is 

 nothing to indicate the spot save four low corner-stones, each bearing 

 the letters " W. M." 



This fact having been brought to light, it was resolved 

 that an effort should be made to secure at least the erection at 

 his grave of a memorial of so admirable a man and so eminent 

 a naturalist. 



Some months ago a meeting was called of all who cherish the 

 memory of Dr. Maegillivray, which resulted in the appointment of 

 a Committee charged with the duty of issuing a circular to his 

 surviving students and others likely to be interested in the proposal, 

 collecting subscriptions, and erecting a memorial at his grave, 

 any balance to be spent in commemorating him also in Marischal 

 College. 



The Committee feel that no argument is needed to commend 

 the present proposal. Many who had not the privilege of studying 

 under him, or knowing him personally, are aware how greatly the 

 works which flowed from his diligent pen promoted the study of 

 Natural Science fifty years ago, and acknowledge that his great 

 work, " A History of British Birds," has placed him in the front rank 

 of British ornithologists. His posthumous work too, " The Natural 

 History of Deeside," printed for private distribution by command of 

 the Queen, although less widely known, is notable alike for the 

 charm of its literary style, and the full and accurate scientific in- 

 formation it affords regarding the fine valley which it describes. 



Soon after the Committee was formed, it became evident that 

 they would be in possession of funds more than sufficient for the 

 erection of a churchyard memorial, which must be simple if it would 

 be in keeping with the character of the man to be commemorated. 

 The proposal, which has been cordially received by the members 

 of Committee as that which, above all, would have gratified Mae- 

 gillivray, is to found a Maegillivray Gold Medal in the University 



