LIKNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 39 



1838, and settling in London he devoted himself to the working out of the 

 valuable materials he had collected. He published numerous memoirs 

 in the Society's ' Transactions,' or in independent works. He was able to 

 continue his labours to the close of his long life. He died in the end of 

 187!^ esteemed by all who knew him for his genial manners and upright 

 character. He was elected a Fellow of the Linuean Society in 1839. 



St. George Jackson Mivakt, M.D., P.E.S. 



Portrait by Miss Solomon. — Presented by Subscribers, 24 May, 

 1881. 



Elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society, 24 March, 18(12, and was 

 Zoological Secretary from 18/4 to 1880. 



Colonel George Montagf. 1753-1815. 



Miniature. 



Elected a Fellow, 1/95. 



Bequeathed by H. Dorville, Esq., together with interleaved and anno- 

 tated copies of Montagu's ' Ornithological Dictionary ' and ' Testacea 

 Britannica,' together with the coloured drawings from which the illustra- 

 tions of these works were made, and several volumes of liis unpublished 

 manuscripts. Received from the Executor, 3rd Dec. 1874. 



Jonathan Pereira, M.D., F.R.S. 1804-1853. 



Copy of a Bust hj McDowall. — Presented by Mrs. Pereira 

 18 Marcli, 1858. 



The well-known pharmacologist, author of the ' Elements of Materia 

 Medica,' and lecturer at the London Hospital and to the Pharmaceutical 

 Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society, in 1828. 



"William Pilkington. 1758-1848. 



Pencil sketch. — Bequeathed by Dr. Maton. 



An architect who devoted his leisure to botany, conchology, and 

 mineralogy. He formed a herbarium as well as fine collections of shells 

 and minerals, was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on 17th 

 March, 1795, and published a "Description of some Fossil Shells found 

 in Hants " in the Transactions of the Society. 



Richard Pltltenev, M.D., P.E.S. 17;30-1801. 



Portrait by S. Beach, 1788. 



Began his professional life at Leicester, removed to London, and then to 

 Blanford. He was a regular contributor of popular papers on Natural 

 History to the ' Gentleman's Magazine,' the author of ' A General View 

 of the Writings of Linnanis,' and the ' Historical and Biographica 

 Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England, from its Origin to the 

 Introduction of the Linnican System.' He was elected a Fellow of the 

 Society in 1790, and bequeathed his collections to the Society. 



Eev. Thomas Eackett. 1755-1840. 



Pencil sketch, bequeathed by Dr. Maton. 



Author of several memoirs on British Zoolos^y. Elected a Fellow, 

 1795. 



