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was followed, in 1890, by another volume of equal propor- 

 tions styled " Part II. — Local Avifaunas/' and the year after 

 (1891) by a third volume "Part III.— Notes of a General 

 Character." A previous work on the Italian Ornis had been 

 published by Giglioli in 1886; and so recently as 1907 

 another important work on the subject was produced by him, 

 under the same title of " Avifauna Italica." These five 

 volumes on the Birds of Italy are among the more important 

 of his ornithological publications, and contain much valuable 

 information. Besides these Giglioli wrote the letterpress of 

 the illustrated work brought out by Signor Alberto Manzella 

 under the title of " Iconografia dell' Avifauna Italica/' a 

 work issued in parts and not yet completed. 



Among his other Zoological publications may be mentioned 

 a Manual, in two volumes, on the Zoology of Vertebrates, 

 and an important work, published in conjunction with Prof. 

 A. Issel, under the title of " Pelagos," which treats of 

 pelagic life and submarine exploration. 



Giglioli was also a contributor to various zoological 

 journals and periodicals, both in Italy and elsewhere, our 

 own journal 'The Ibis' being among the number, as were 

 also ' Nature ' and ' The Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London.' His first contribution to 'The Ibis' 

 dates so far back as 1863. 



Shortly after the completion of his work in connexion 

 with the Ornithological Investigation, Giglioli was charged 

 with the exploration of the coral-reefs and sponge-banks 

 around the coasts of Sicily and the small island of Lampe- 

 dusa, an undertaking which he discharged with his usual 

 keenness and activity, obtaining as a result information of 

 considerable value to science as well as to commerce. 



The last ten years of his life were much taken up with work 

 arising from his numerous Government appointments, and 

 particularly those in connexion with the Italian Fisheries. As 

 President of the Royal Consultative Commission for Fisheries, 

 and as President of various local committees appointed for the 

 study and regulation of the fisheries of the Italian lakes, and 

 the settlement of questions arising out of the right of other 



