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joys as well as their sorrows. Nothing touched him 

 more unpleasantly than any disagreement between them. 



" He is gone now ; but whoever had the happiness 

 of knowing him intimately, will retain in his heart a 

 corner for his loving memory ; and when the present 

 generation has passed away, the monuments which he has 

 built for himself, by his works, will last for ever." 



From Henry Dresser, F.Z.S., F.L.S., etc. 



Author of The Bh'ds of Europe. 



" I have looked over your late brother's published 

 notes on European (chiefly Mediterranean) Ornithology, 

 and though there are very many most interesting notes, 

 there is nothing of great novelty recorded. His best 

 find was, I think, that of Larus audouini which he found 

 breeding on Vacca {^Ibis, 1875, p. 31), and he also 

 recorded it from Corfu {^Ibis, i860, p. 356). He also 

 found Marmora's warbler {Melezophilus sardus) nesting on 

 Spargi {Ibis, 1887, p. 282), which is worthy of noticing, 

 as these are the only authentic eggs I know. Also he 

 first recorded Sylvia melanothorax from Cyprus, and 

 procured a new titmouse {Tarus Cypriotes) there, through 

 his collectors, and I described and exhibited this bird for- 

 him, as he could not come to town to do so. Also he 

 was the only person who has obtained Numenius hudsonicus 

 (an American whimbrel) in Spain {Ibis., 1873, P- 98)- 



" You will, I fear, find no record respecting the many 

 kind actions your late brother so often did, as he was 



