48 Dr. H. Gadow on the Omithuloyical 



and other ornithological collections belonging to the Uni- 

 versity, or such as the University may still acquire. 



The Strickland Collection, consisting of skins and a 

 library, is to be kept separate. The remainder, which we 

 may call the General Collection, comprises skins, stuffed 

 specimens, skeletons and other anatomical preparations, 

 eggs, and a library. 



For forty-one years, until a few days before his death, 

 Alfred Newton, Professor of Zoology and Comparative 

 Anatomy, was the life and soul of this department, not 

 only on account of his unrivalled knowledge of things 

 ornithological, but through his never-failing help by world- 

 wide correspondence, his advice and — his criticisms. On 

 his death he left all his Collections and his Library to the 

 University*. 



It is known to but a few people how he was always ready 

 with his purse to secure more specimens or even whole 

 collections which the Museum's scanty funds would have 



* The 'Cambridge University Reporter ' of June 15, 1907, contains 

 the folio-wing extract from the will of the late Professor Newton : — 



"I give and bequeath to the Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the 

 University of Cambridge my Natural History Collections and Library 

 together with the Cabinets Cases and Apparatus thereto belonging 

 including all my Copyrights Books Pictures Prints Drawings Letters 

 and Papers relating to Natural History .... to be kept for the purposes 

 of the said University and not for the purpose of sale, and to be attached, 

 so far as is convenient, to the Department of Zoology. . . . 



" I also give and bequeath to the University the sum of One Thousand 

 Pounds upon trust to invest the same and to apply the annual income 

 thereof to the keeping up and adding to the said Library .... 



" In a ' Memorandum to ray Executors' concerning the bequest [which 

 has been accepted as it stands, by Grace of the Senate, June 18th, 1907] 

 occurs the following passage: 'For my own convenience it has been my 

 practice to make marginal notes and cross references in my own books, 

 and I believe that some of these may prove to be of considerable 

 assistance to anyone who after me may use these copies.' " 



The principal objects received by the University under this bequest 

 were the Wolley Collection of Bird's-eggs as augmented by Newton, and 

 the Newton Library including all his papers and MSS., both of which 

 are described below. 



