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total number exceeded three hundred. Many will be found in 

 the ' Proceedings ' and ' Transactions ' of the Zoological Society ; 

 perhaps the most noteworthy being a short memoir on Pectinntor 

 Sjyekii, a remarkable rodent from North-eastern Africa, which 

 was jiublishcd in the seventh volume of the ' Transactions ' of 

 that same body in 1872. His most important work was the issue 

 of his 'NaturwissenschaftlicheRcise uach Mossambique : ' vol. i., 

 containing Mammalia, can.e out in 1852, with 4G plates ; a second 

 folio, Insects and Myriopods, with 35 plates, in 1862 ; and a third 

 volume, in February 1882, with 33 plates, devoted to Amphibia. 

 Tlic Botanical portion was worked uj) by various authors and 

 published in 1862-64. These are the only portions which have 

 seen the light. 



He was elected Foreign Member of the Zoological Society in 

 18G0 and of the Linnean Society in 1868. His death creates a 

 gap in the ranks of German naturalists which will long be felt 

 in the scientific world, as well as by his large circle of friends. 

 He has left behind him a widow and several children to deplore 

 his loss. 



