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In the meantime, lie liad been engaged on the preparation 

 of a " Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Austi-alian 

 Museum at Sj^dney, N.S.W." Part I. of this Catalogue 

 appeared in 1876 and treated of twenty-eight species of 

 Australian Accipitres or Diurnal Birds of Prey. Part II. 

 or " Supplement " to this Catalogue appeared in 1890 and 

 dealt with the sixteen species of Striges or Nocturnal Birds of 

 Prey in the collection of the Australian Museum. The follow- 

 ing year (1891) saw the publication of the third part, which 

 was a full account of the Psittaci to that date, and three years 

 (1894) later followed the fourth part which disposed of the 

 Picarijp. 



In the prepai-ation of Parts III. and IV., Ramsay expressed 

 his indebtedness to his assistant, Mr. A. J. North, for valuable 

 help. 



He was known amongst his intimates as a man of most 

 genial manners, kindness of heart, and possessing a rich vein 

 of humour. 



Dr. Ramsay was elected Corresponding Member of the 

 Zoological Society of London in 1866 ; elected a Fellow of the 

 Linnean Society of London on 18th Februar}^, 1875 ; elected a 

 Member of the Royal Irish Academy, 12tli May, 1884. He 

 \vas also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the 

 (xeological Society of London. The liighest honour acquired 

 by the subject of this notice was that of " Cavaliere " of the 

 Crown of Italy, bestowed on him by His Majesty King 

 Humbert. The precise date is unknown to the writer, but 

 possibly the bestowal took place about the time of liis visit to 

 the Naples Zoological Station on the way from London to 

 Sydnej' at the expiration of the Fisheries Exhibition.* 



R. Etheridge, Junr. 



* In the preparation of this obviously imperfect notice, I have to 

 express my indebtedness for assistance to Messrs. J. S. Eamsay, J. 

 Eamsay, j. H. Maiden, J. J. Fletcher, H. E. Barff, the Eev. W. H. H. 

 Yarrington, and Messrs. A. R. MeCulloch, E. A. Briggs, W. A. Rainbow, 

 and H. S. Grant, of the Australian Museum. 



