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Mr. Jcrdon was elected an Honorary ^Member of our 

 Union in 1864; on his return to England, at liis own 

 request he was placed on the list of Ordinary Members. 

 He died on the 12th of June, 1872, after a long and tedious 

 illness originally contracted in Assam, which not even the 

 change to the climate to Europe enabled him to shake off. 

 His first paper in ' The Ibis ' Avas published in 1862, his last 

 letter in 1870. 



