80 OBITUARY. 



in Thompson's " Birds of Ireland." The distinguished author of that work 

 gave an expressive intimation of his high opinion of Mr. Garrett's capa- 

 bility and judgment, by appointing him one of the literary executors, to 

 whom the publication of his extensive MSS. was confided. Mr. Garrett 

 did not restrict himself to ornithology; he studied all departments of 

 vertebrate zoology, and for the last two or three years of his life had given 

 considerable attention to our native fishes especially to the points of dis- 

 tinction laid down by ichthyologists, as existing among nearly allied species. 

 His residence at Holywood, County Down, extended the sphere of his 

 observations, until they embraced portions of the marine invertebrata of its 

 shores, and the flora of the neighbourhood. The subject, whatever it 

 might be, which engaged his attention at any time, was examined with the 

 utmost diligence ; and in critical points, such as come under the notice of 

 the naturalist, he delighted to compare the specimens before him with the 

 recorded descriptions of the best authorities on the subject, and then to 

 form his own opinion. This great assiduity and care, which was with him 

 habitual, found exercise in the copious manuscripts which his deceased 

 friend, Mr. Thompson, had entrusted to him; and we believe we are 

 correct in stating, that the mammalia, reptilia, and fishes were almost 

 entirely revised and arranged for publication by Mr. Garrett, in the very 

 limited leisure his professional duties allowed. 



He was of remarkably unassuming manners, kindly disposition, and 

 simple, yet refined, tastes. It was natural, therefore, that he should have 

 acquired a large circle of sincere and zealous friends He was, in point of 

 fact 



" One who in life, where'er he moved, 

 Draw after him the hearts of many." 



And his death has occasioned in his native town a corresponding degree 

 of regret. 



He was elected a corresponding member of the Dublin University Zoolo- 

 gical Association in February, 1853. He died of fever, the 2nd of April, 

 1855, in the thirty-eighth year of his age. 



