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cutter" and other beea. The volume for 1869 of the ' Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society' contains two papers by Mr. Home, 

 viz. : — 1. " Notes on the common Grey Hornbill of India (Meniceros 

 bicornis),'" giving an account of its peculiar mode of incubation in 

 holes of soft-wooded trees, the orifice of which the female partially 

 closes with her excrement. 2. " Notes on Ploceus haya and its 

 Nest : " this short paper is accompanied by a sketch of a date- 

 palm, from which are suspended a considerable number of the bell- 

 shaped nests, formed of woven grass, of the Baya, a bird of about 

 the size of a sparrow. 



Mr. Home belonged to the Scientific Committee and was Vice- 

 President of the Fruit Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural Society ; 

 and his extensive knowledge of Indian forestry and agriculture, 

 as well as of entomology, rendered him a very valuable member. 

 His large collections were destroyed during the Indian mutiny ; 

 but at its close he recommenced his labours, and succeeded 

 in forming a valuable museum, especially of entomology. For a 

 long time he was a Member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and 

 contributed several papers to its Journal, principally on antiquarian 

 subjects. On the 20th of March last Mr. Home was attacked by 

 paralysis whilst attending a Meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. He never rallied ; and died eight days afterwards at his 

 residence at Norwood, at the age of forty-eight. He was elected a 

 Fellow of this Society on the 12th of March, 1872, 



Edward Jenner, well known as an ardent and indefatigable 

 botanist, had been for forty-seven years traveller for Messrs. Baxter, 

 of Lewes, and connected with the ' Sussex Express.' An entirely 

 self-taught man, he published several years ago a ' Flora of Tunbridge 

 Wells,' a work considered to be one of great accuracy and utility, and 

 copies of which are said to be now scarce. Mr. Jenner was also much 

 interested in the study of the Microscopic Algae, and devoted con- 

 siderable time to entomological pursuits. In the course of his busi- 

 ness as a traveller, he obtained a thorough knowledge of the counties 

 of Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, and he was always ready to afibrd 

 information and assistance to any one desirous of investigating the 

 natural history of the localities with which he was so familiar. Being 

 well acquainted with the late Mr. Borrer, he had access to the invalu- 

 able botanical collection at Henfield, and turned to the best advantage 

 the opportunities for the study of plants which were thus aff'orded 

 him. 



Early in the present year he was attacked by cold and cough, the 



