Biographical Notice of the late Prof. Giglioli. 541 



is practising as a physician iu Florence. The daughter is 

 married and resides in Genoa. 



Shortly after his appointment to his important post at the 

 Florence Institute, Giglioli settled down to steady zoological 

 work, chiefly, as was natural, cabinet work, although he also 

 found time to make occasional zoological expeditions, for 

 which his early training as a field-naturalist eminently 

 qualified him. Among the more important of these expedi- 

 tions may be mentioned those to the Italian islands and 

 to the shores of the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas, as well as 

 one in Hungary and two in Corsica. 



In 1876 Giglioli laid the foundation of the fine collection 

 of Italian vertebrate animals, now the pride of the Florence 

 Zoological Museum. It had been his original intention to 

 confine this collection to birds alone, but he was eventually 

 induced to extend it to the entire vertebrate fauna. The 

 need of such a collection in Florence had hitherto been sadly 

 felt, and to its formation Giglioli devoted himself heart and 

 soul, personally superintending the preparation and mounting 

 of the specimens, and sparing no effort to make it as perfect 

 as possible. The collection is, in fact, undoubtedly the 

 most complete of its kind in Italy, and probably of any 

 National collection elsewhere. It contains in all 34,200 

 specimens of Italian Vertebrates, representing 1232 species 

 the Ornithological section comprising 4296 specimens, repre- 

 senting 488 species. These are all beautifully mounted and set 

 up, some by Prof. Magnelli and others by Sigr. Vincenzo 

 Squilloni, both able taxidermists at the Florence Museum. 

 Magnellr's zeal and co-operation were of the greatest service 

 to Giglioli in the early stage of the formation of the collec- 

 tion. During the course of the past year it has very rightly 

 been decided that this collection should bear its founder's 

 name, and in future be known as the Giglioli Collection. 

 The official announcement of this resolution was to have 

 been made on the occasion of the Jubilee to have been held 

 in December last, but the information was privately communi- 

 cated to Giglioli shortly before his death, and gave him much 

 pleasure. 



