Recently published Ormthologicdl ll'arks. 355 



All this work was so much training for the main object lie 

 had in view, viz. to become a practical geologist. In this 

 connexion, during a short trip to Switzerland in the autumn 

 of 1866, he met Marshall Hall, through whom he obtained 

 introductions to several well-known geologists. From such 

 men as Morris, Etheridge, and Blake, to mention no others, 

 he received instruction in palaeontology, and thus early in 

 the seventies he was sufficiently advanced to be able to 

 contribute to the literature of his favovirite study. He 

 became a Fellow of the Geological Society in May 1867, just 

 a fortnight before he changed his name to Hudleston. 



From the year 1872 onwards he continued to write 

 papers on various geological subjects, while he also partici- 

 pated in the management of the several societies with which 

 he was connected. It is probable that he was the only person 

 who has been Secretary and Presideut, both of the Geologists' 

 Association and of the Geological Society. In 1897 he was 

 awarded the Wollaston Medal ; in 1898 he was President of 

 Section C at the Bristol meeting of the British Association ; 

 and so recently as last summer (1908) he was deputed by 

 the Council to represent the Geological Society of London 

 at the Darwin- Wallace Jubilee meeting of the Linnean 

 Society. He w-as elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 

 1884. 



Mr. Hudleston died at his residence_, West Holme, Ware- 

 ham, on January 29thj 1909. 



XYI. — Notices of recent Ornitliologicul Publications. 



[Continued from p. 188.] 



25. 'Annals of Scottish Natural History.' 



[The Annals of Scottish Katural History'. October 1908 and January 

 1909.] 



In the first of these numbers Mr. J. Paterson continues 

 his able Report on Scottish Ornithology for 1907, and in it 

 we again find matter of the greatest interest. Linota 

 rostrata, Pyrrhula erythrina, Emberiza melunocepJiala, 



