

The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



NO. 65] 1908 [JANUARY 



IN MEMORIAM: HOWARD SAUNDERS. 

 WITH PORTRAIT. 



WE greatly regret to record the passing from amongst us 

 of Howard Saunders, on the 2oth of October last, at the 

 age of seventy-two. No name is more familiar to British 

 ornithologists than his ; and rightly so, for no one in recent 

 years has given such an impetus to the study of their 

 favourite science. His successful completion of the fourth 

 edition of "Yarrell" under circumstances that were peculiarly 

 trying, established his reputation as a writer on British 

 birds. But the work by which he will be best remembered 

 in this country is the well-known " Manual " which bears his 

 name : a remarkable work, wherein all the essentials con- 

 cerning- the numerous and varied members of our avifauna 



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are treated of, with wonderful skill and discrimination, in a 

 single volume. The merits of this book were at once 

 recognised, and it became the standard authority on the 

 subject. 



Saunders' reputation as a naturalist by no means rests 

 upon these important contributions to British ornithological 

 literature. He devoted many years of his life to the study 

 of the Terns, Gulls, and Skuas, and his monograph of these 

 groups published in vol. xxv. of the " Catalogue of Birds in 

 the British Museum," is in all respects one of the best in that 

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