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to the same work, which is devoted chiefly to a history of 

 Ornithology aud to a critical examination of the various systems 

 of Birds, is one of the most remarkable contributioas to biological 

 literature, whether it be judged from the mode of treatment of the 

 subject, or from the classical style in which it is written. 



"J must not be carried beyond the limits of time usually 

 accorded to the chaii" on these occasions. If I enter upon the 

 other services of our Medallist in the cause of science, 1 should 

 refer to the duties he performed for live years as editor of the 

 ' Ibis ' ; to the active part he has taken in organizing a system of 

 observations of the Migration of Birds ; nor would I forget that 

 Alfred Newton was the first who joined me in founding the 

 'liecord of Zoological Literature,' and who, later on, steered it 

 safely through a critical period of its existence, by the unselfish 

 devotion which has characterized the whole of his scientific 

 career." 



Prof. Xewton suitably acknowledged the presentation, and 

 expressed his indebtedness to the Council for having selected him 

 as a recipient of the highest honour which it is in tbe power of 

 the Societv to bestow. 



The obituary notices of deceased Fellows were laid before the 

 meeting by the Secretary, as follows, and the proceedings 

 terminated. 



JoH>' Brooks Bridgmax was born in 1836, and died at Norwich 

 on October Gth, lb99, aged 63. He was for years in practice in 

 that town as a dentist, and his popularity was great, largely on 

 account of his long association with the Eifle Yohmteers, whom 

 he served well and with much distinction. Joining them in 1859, 

 he duly passed from Private to Captain, and in 1886 was made 

 Hon. Major. He was a splendid shot, and winner of medals aud 

 other prizes offered at the target. He was also a Freemason of 

 long standing, and an angler ; and his enthusiasm for the latter 

 oceupation is in a melancholy way associated with his death, due 

 to an attack of blood-poisoning, which arose while at Scarborough 

 on a deep-sea fishing expedition. 



To popular science he was well Imown as an Entomologist, and 

 his long career in that department of natural history is intimatelv 

 bound up with the work of the Norfolk and Norwich Natiu-alists' 

 Society, of which he was an original member and became a 

 President. He was for eleven years Secretary to the Nor«-ich 

 Microscopical Society ; and, possessed of a good all-round ki;ow- 

 ledge of entomology in both its systematic and economic aspects, 

 he was constantly in demand by friends and others who sought 

 his aid, which was always freely given. Couchology was with 

 him a favourite pursuit ; and in 1872 he published a list of the 

 Land a^d Fresh-w ater Shells of the County of Norfolk. It is, 



