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in Audubon's rooms when John INIacGillivray (INIac- 

 Gillivray's eldest son), carelessly flourishing a stick, 

 broke a glass ease in which Audubon kept one of his 

 ornithological treasures, to the great disappointment 

 and annoyance of the naturalist. Mr. Eraser also 

 relates how he, John MacGillivray, and John 

 Audubon, then both lads like himself (afterwards 

 eminent naturalists) were wont to go out on bird- 

 shooting expeditions, when on one occasion they 

 were caught in Ravelston Woods, rather roughly 

 handled, and had their gun taken from them. 



5. — Professor of Natural History in Marischal 

 College and University, Aberdeen, 1841 to 

 1852 — " History of British Birds " Completed 

 — "Natural History of Deeside and Brae- 

 mar " — Death. 



As already mentioned, MacGillivray in 1841 entered 

 on a new and extended sphere of eminent usefulness, as 

 Professor of Natural History in INIarischal College, 

 Aberdeen, a sphere for which he was specially qualified, 

 and which was altogether congenial to him. Then 

 began, as has been said, the. fifth period of his life. His 

 chair included zoology, geology, and botany, this latter 

 being a separate lectureship. All of these branches he 

 had made subjects of special study, and had published, 

 as mentioned before, a manual on each of them while 



