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often attend the Society's Meetings, he could at least encourage 

 others to lay a portion of their offerings on the altar of science. 

 It was in this worthy and patriotic frame of mind that Mr. 

 Murray joined onr Society ; and in less than three weeks after the 

 customary welcome by the President he ceased to exist. Had he 

 lived to observe more closely the work done by the rank and file 

 of our body, there can be no doubt tliat every good scientific 

 work or new movement sanctioned by the Society would have 

 received substantial support at his hands. For the support of 

 biological laboratories and such like indispensable aids to Zoology 

 and fish-culture the actual worker in science cannot be expected 

 to play the role of the patron. 



Mr. Jardine Murray commenced practice in Bi'ighton in 1859. 

 Apparently in the enjoyment of health and vigour, he hoped to 

 have been present at our Anniversary Meeting last year ; but 

 professional duties stood in the way. The very next day (May 

 25tli) he caught cold wheu visiting a patient during a dense sea- 

 fog ; and the inflammation extending to the lungs, he expired 

 on the 28th of the same month, his fatal illness thus lasting only 

 three days. [T. S. C] 



Prof. Hermann Schlegel was born June 10th, 1804, and 

 died on January 17th, 1884, at Leiden. One of his earliest works 

 was his ' Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens ' in 1837, which 

 has been styled the, first really scientific book on serpents, and 

 still remains a monument to the learning and ability of its 

 author. In 1844 a]:tpeared a critical review of the Birds of 

 Europe in French and Grerman ; and ten years later ' Vogels 

 van Nederland,' of which a new edition appeared in 1878 ; and 

 iu 1857 his ' Haudleiding der Dierkunde ' ; then his ' Die 

 europaischen Tag-Eaubvogel,' and his suj)erb folio on Falconry, 

 justly regarded as the finest work produced on that subject in 

 modern times. He also brought out books on the fauna of 

 Java aud Madagascar, very many memoirs and papers in various 

 languages in different publications, and his latest, ' Notes from 

 the Leiden Museum,' in English. 



By the aid of trained Dutch collectors iu Japan, the Nether- 

 lands, Indies, and Malay ai'chipolago, the Museum at Leiden 

 under his charge accumulated a vast array of natural-history 

 treasures. He died almost in harness, visiting to the last that 

 Museum to which he w^as appointed in 1858 on the death of 

 Temminck. He was twice married, and leaves a widow to mourn 

 his loss, as well as the entire community of zoologists so distin- 

 guished an ornament of their science. His election as Foreign 

 Member took place May 1st, 1802. 



Sir Arthur Scott, Bart., was born 3rd September, 1860, and 

 was the son of Sir F. E. Scott by Mildi-ed Anne, eldest daughter 



