124 THE NAUTILUS. 



DAVID W. FERGUSON. 



The Brooklyn Conchological Club mourns the loss of its esteemed 

 member, Mr. David W. Ferguson, whose death occurred on Feb- 

 ruary 7th, in his 75th year. 



Mr. Ferguson began collecting shells in his eighth year, continued 

 up to the time of his death, and became one of the most discrimi- 

 nating collectors in New York city. His knowledge of shells and 

 ability to recall names was remarkable. In his early life he enjoyed 

 the friendship of Bland and the elder Sowerby, and also of Dr. Jay, 

 Stuart, Steward, Constable and all the collectors in New York of the 

 last half of the 19th century. One of his most intimate friends in 

 later years was the late Sloman Rons, who described several unusual 

 species in his collection in THE NAUTILUS some time ago. Mr. 

 G. B. Sowerby named a large white cone, Conus fergnsonii, which 

 Mr. Ferguson had sent him for identification. It is a fine and dis- 

 tinct species. 



Mr. Ferguson was also a collector of Indian relics, and at the 

 time of his death possessed a very large collection, all local to Long 

 Island and nearby New Jersey. The region where these were ob- 

 tained is now entirely built over, rendering the collection quite valu- 

 able at the present time. 



DR. LORENZO G. TAXES. 



We regret to announce the death of Lorenzo Gordin Yates, of 

 Santa Barbara, California. Born in England, January 8, 1837, he 

 came to the United States in 1853. He taught in the public schools 

 of Wisconsin, and studied medicine and dentistry. Later, Dr. Yates 

 was on the staff of the Whitney Geological Survey of California. 

 He was especially interested in conchology, mineralogy and botany, 

 and published numerous papers on various zoological and botanical 

 subjects. His principal papers relating to conchology are: "The 

 Mollusca of Sanla Barbara County, California," and "New Shells 

 from the Santa Barbara Channel " (Bull. No. 2, Santa Barbara Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., 1890). A new variety of Helix corpenteri from southern 

 California (NAUTILUS, vol. iv, pp. 51, 54, 1890), and other notes. 

 He was a fellow of the Linnaean Society of London, member of the 

 Southern California Academy of Sciences, of the Geological Society 

 of America, etc. 



