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contributed numerous papers to this Society and to the Zoolo- 

 gical Society, as well as to nearly every English periodical open 

 to the discussion of questions on Fish and Fish-culture, He 

 took an active part in the Fisheries Exhibition of 1883, and 

 lent a number of important exhibits. Collections formed by him 

 are in the British Museum, and in the museums of Cambridge, 

 Calcutta, Leyden, Berlin, Florence, and Sydney. Only a few 

 months before his death he gave to the University of Cambridge 

 a large series of birds, and to the National Collection several 

 thousand specimens of Fishes and Crustaceans. And during his 

 last illness, Avhen the end was very near, he presented a number 

 of valuable works on Ichthyology to this Society's library. 



Dr. Day was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian 

 Empire in 1885, and also received the Cross of the Order of the 

 Crown of Italy. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred 

 upon him; he was a Fellow of the Zoological Society, and was 

 elected a Fellow of this Society in 1857. He died at Cheltenham, 

 after a long and painful illness, on July 10th, 1889. 



AuGusTE FiiEDEEic Lendi was born about 1826, and, after service 

 on the French Staff, held the position of Captain in the Middlesex 

 Eegimeut, retiring with the rank of Major. His chief delight 

 was the culture of Orchids ; and he was in the habit of constantly 

 using our library on points of interest in this relation. He was 

 elected Fellow, ?"lst February, 1861. He died at Sunbury October 

 10th, L8S9, and was buried at Woking five days later. 



John Marshall was born at Tauuton, Somersetshire, in 1838, 

 and died there. His charming gardens at that place were freely 

 thrown open to the public, and he was active in the promotion 

 of horticultural interests. His connection with our Society was 

 of a late date, having been elected Fellow on the 2nd February, 

 1882. 



"William Eamsay McNab was born on November 9th, 18M, at 

 Edinburgh, where his father and grandfather held successively 

 the post of Curator to the Botanic Oardeu. After he left school, 

 he entered the University of his native city, and speedily attracted 

 the notice of the late Professor Balfour, wlio appointed him his 

 assistant in his classes. In pursuance of his biological studies, 

 he went to Berlin, and theie studied botany under Alexander 

 Braun and Karl Kocli, and pathology and histology under Vir- 

 chow. He took his degree of Doctor of Medicine at his own 

 University when only 22 years of age, and then embarked on 

 medical practice. Three years later lie received the appointment 

 of Professor of Natural History at the Royal Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Cirencester, and thus quitted the niedical profession. In 

 or about the year 1869, he was inducted into the chair of Botany 

 at the Eoyal College of Science, Dublin, which he lield till his 



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