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down to the day of his death. In 1867 he was appointed 

 Assistant in the Dublin Natural History Museum, of which 

 he became Curator in 1881 on the death of Dr. Carte, and 

 there he continued until his retirement, in consequence of ill- 

 health, in 1887. During those twenty years his rooms at 

 Dublin were the rendezvous of all who were interested in 

 Natural History. More's energy and genial manner stimu- 

 lated the pursuit of every branch of science, and it would be 

 difficult to over-rate the value of his services to zoology and 

 botany in Ireland. He was, in fact, and par excellence, the 

 naturalist for that island, though not for it alone ; for when 

 in the Isle of Wight, during his youth, he had already written 

 some useful articles on Birds. In this Journal, for 1865, 

 More published a valuable series of articles on " The Birds 

 of Great Britain during the Nesting-Season " ; and later, he 

 prepared two excellent " Lists of Irish Birds,^' to say nothing 

 of minor contributions. Even after his retirement, and 

 when physically crippled, he retained his mental activity and 

 cheerfulness to the last. It was not, however, so much what 

 he wrote for himself as the assistance and stimulus which he 

 gave to others, that constitute More's claim to grateful 

 remembrance ; and it is with a full heart that his former 

 companion in Connemara, and the recipient of immeasurable 

 assistance on ornithological subjects, writes this inadequate 

 In Memoriam of one of his best friends. — H. S. 



George Newbold Lawrence, whose loss to the list of 

 Foreign Members of the B. 0. U. we have already recorded, 

 died at his home at New York on the 17th January last, at 

 the good old age of 89 years. Lawrence was born in the 

 city of New York, where he always resided, on the 20th 

 October, 1806, and passed his life in business as a member 

 of a successful firm of wholesale druggists. In this business 

 he continued for 36 years, devoting all his spare time to 

 ornithology, to which, besides his natural liking, he was 

 stimulated by close intimacy in early days with Spencer Baird 

 and J. J. Audubon. Commencing early in life with native 

 birds, Lawrence soon extended his collecting range into 



