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and on which he was engaged at the time of his death. He 

 made a sort of census of the remains of this bird known 

 to exist about 1870^ and returned them as consisting of 

 72 skins, 9 skeletons, the separate bones of about 40 indi- 

 viduals, and 65 eggs. His last notice respecting it in ' The 

 Ibis^ was written in 1898^ when he described, not Avithout 

 a touch of emotion, the " Orcadian Home of the Garefowl,' 

 and referred to the tragedy of 1813 [op. c'lt. p. 587). His 

 annual cruise with the late Henry Evans in Scottish Avaters 

 gave him the desired opportunity, and he succeeded in 

 discovering a low platform of rock, protected by the larger 

 island of Papa Westray, Avhere there would be room "^for a 

 regiment of Auks to have lauded at any state of the tide, 

 and to have marched in line up the gentle ascent.^' 



From 1865 to 1870 Newton edited the second series of 

 ' The Ibis," and Ave may be sure that due attention was 

 paid to the notices of works on ornithology, whether pub- 

 lished at home or abroad. He was ably supported, as the 

 Editors have been at all times, and, in resigning the editor- 

 ship in October 1870, pleaded that engagements no less 

 pressing than numerous had for some time past urged upo7i 

 him the advisability of retiring, and he announced Osbert 

 Salvin as his successor. 



His retirement Avas scarcely to be wondered at, for 

 Professor Newton svas becoming a public character, and 

 must have had his hands full of work for some time. He 

 Avas never idle, and if not occupied Avith his studies at Cam- 

 bridge, he was either fighting in London and elscAvhere for 

 the cause of Bird-Protection, or Avriting long articles, 

 especially in the '^ Field,' or providing an appendix to this 

 or that publication. Whenever there was a question of 

 Birds everybody turned towards NcAvton. He had to pre- 

 pare an appendix to Baring-Gould's ' Iceland," to the 

 ' Arctic Manual,' to Lubbock's '■ Fauna of Norfolk,' &c. 

 This last appendix, dealing Avith the subject of '^ Hawking 

 in Norfolk," is particularly interesting, as Newton had had 

 considerable personal experience in this matter, having 

 frequently accompanied his former neiglibour, the late 



