366 Obituary. 



United States National Museum (Ball. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 no. 25, 1885, pp. 163-279). 



In 1881 he was stationed at Newcastle, in the upper part 

 of Natal, and while there, in conjiinctiou with Capt. (now 

 Lt.-Col.) E. A. Butler and Capt. (now Col.) H. W. Feilden, 

 he made considerable collections and a number of observa- 

 tions which were embodied in a paper, " Ornithological 

 Notes from Natal/' published in the 'Zoologist ' for 1882. 



A second paper by the same three authors, " On the 

 Plumage-changes of Saxicola monticola," published in ^The 

 Ibis ' for 1883 (pp. 331-337), is of special interest, as this 

 Chat, which is common on the high veld of southern Africa, 

 goes through a most remarkable series of changes of 

 plumage, which even now are far from being satisfactorily- 

 elucidated. 



Reid sent in his papers in 1884, when still a Captain, and 

 settled down in England. He made two other contributions 

 to 'The Ibis '— " Winter Notes from Morocco " (Ibis, 1885, 

 pp. 241-255) and " Notes on the Birds of Teneriffe " (Ibis, 

 1887, pp. 424-435 and 1888, pp. 73-83)— as a result of two 

 winter trips. 



When Oates was unable through illness to continue the 

 ' Catalogue of the Birds' Eggs in the British Museum/ Reid 

 undertook to carry on the work, and completed and saw 

 through the press the third and fourth volumes. 



Reid was elected a Member of the Union in 1877, and only 

 resigned at the end of last year. 



The following notes are communicated by one of his 

 oldest friends and companions in ornithology : — 



'' Savile Reid was an all-round good sportsman, a sound 

 naturalist, and a most accurate observer of all things animal 

 and vegetable ; deeply interested in all branches of Zoology 

 and Botany, and with a very special knowledge of our native 

 fauna and flora, especially of its ornithology, entomology, and 

 plants. Add to these advantages a charming personality, 

 always blithe and good-tempered, ready to accept the rough 

 with the smooth with equal equanimity, and a more 



