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destined for the medical profession, which, however, he never practised. While 

 a pupil at the Norwich Hospital he captured, at that institution, on July 22, 

 1809, a specimen of Odonestis pini, which is now in the British Museum. About 

 this time he became acquainted with other kindred spirits, among whom were 

 Joseph Hooker (brother to Sir William), Howard Sims, Richard Griffin, Rev. 

 J. Burrell, A. H. Haworth, Sir J. E. Smith, S. Wilkin, Rev. W. Kirby, 

 Rev. J. Skrimshire, J. Curtis, J. Scales, Dawson Turner, Dr. Leach, J. C. 

 Dale, Esq., J. F. Stephens, Lily Wigg, A. Macleay, Esq., &c, with all of 

 whom he kept up a friendly intercourse. In 1824 Mr. Sparshall, in conjunc- 

 tion with Mr. Wilkin, Mr. R. C. Taylor, Mr. Sothern, and Mr. S. Woodward, 

 originated the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, of which he continued an active 

 member until his death. 



In his manner Mr. Sparshall was plain and unostentatious, of easy access, 

 and never appeared so happy as when aiding his fellow creatures. To any 

 individual — however humble his sphere — who exhibited a fondness for the study 

 of insects, he was ever ready to afford assistance, by his own experience, his 

 valuable cabinet, and his library ; and to those whose future prospects he felt an 

 especial interest in advancing, his exertions were unbounded, and his disinterested- 

 ness and kind-heartedness most exemplary. He was ever ready to afford relief 

 to the distressed, many of whom will have to lament the loss of a generous and 

 cheerful benefactor. Mr. Sparshall was the sixth member of his family who 

 had died within a few months. — Abridged from the Mag. Nat. Hist., No. X.,for 

 Oct. 1837. 



On the 6th of July, 1837, Dr. James Woodforde, of Castle Carey, Somerset. 

 Dr. W. completed his medical studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he 

 graduated M.D. in 1825. The year previous he published a Catalogue of the 

 Indigenous Phenogamic Plants growing in the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh, — 

 the result of much industry, and a useful companion in botanical excursions. — 

 Can we suppose that in the motto prefixed to this work Dr. W. had the antici- 

 pation of his own brief .career ? ' i Brevi cadentia hcccce, Brevem docentne vitam ?" 

 —Mag. ofZool. and Bot., No. X., Oct. 1837. 



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The second volume of Swainson's Birds of Western Africa is just published. 

 — The great length to which the report of the British Association has extended 

 in our present number, compels us to postpone notices of the Entomological Magi- 

 zine, No. xxi., a popular work on animals, by the Rev. W. Tiler, the Address 

 of Earl Stanhope to the Medico- Botanical Society, and many other publications. 



