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by this heavy loss, Verrcaux at the age of thirty-five, again 

 started on his travels, this time seleeting New Holland and 

 Tasmania as the seene of his operations. Here, too, success 

 rewarded his toil, and he amassed large collections of insects, 

 birds, and mammals. This was the last of Verreaux^s journeys. 

 On his return to Paris he worked for many years in his 

 brother's establishment in the Place Royale, where he under- 

 took to name all the birds that were sent out for sale to the 

 different museums and collections of the world. The tickets 

 attached to the birds sent from the Maison Verreaux are well 

 known to ornithologists ; and the names, often coupled with 

 copious synonyms, broe the evidence of ha\dng been written 

 by a man possessed of a wide general knowledge of his 

 subject. It may perhaps be said that, though the published 

 works that have been left by Jules Verreaux are few, no man's 

 handwriting is better known than his amongst the ornitho- 

 logists of the present day. 



About the time of the death of his brother Edouard, Jules 

 became one of the " aide-naturalistes " in the museum of the 

 Jardin des Plantes, where he remained until his death, busily 

 employed naming and arranging the ornithological collections 

 of that vast establishment. 



After settling in Paris VeiTcaux devoted the greater part 

 of his time to working at ornithological synonyms and col- 

 lecting materials for a monograph of the Nectariniidse, or 

 Sun-birds. On neither subject Avas he spared to publish the 

 results of his labour. Were Verreaux's contributions to the 

 science of ornithology to be measured by the amount of his 

 published work, the sum could not be considered large ; but 

 vv'ho can measure his influence upon the progress of ornitho- 

 logy during his time ? Being absolutely unselfish as regards 

 any knowledge he might possess, he ever placed it at the dis- 

 posal of any one who was likely to make good use of it. It 

 may truly be said he sowed freely for others to reap. 



In 1860 Jules Verreaux was elected one of our original 

 Honorary Members, and always took a lively interest in the 

 welfare of ' The Ibis.' He contributed several papers to our 

 Journal. Other articles of his arc to be found ni the ' Nou- 



