Obituary. 100 



I found the Quail a comraou species on the grassy slopes 

 of the northern face of Fujiyama. By the beginning of 

 June the birds had paired, but they apparently had not 

 commenced to lay their eggs, as I found on dissecting a 

 female that I shot. When flushed, two birds would nearly 

 always rise together, shewing that the sexes keep in very 

 close proximity at this season. The call of the Japanese 

 Cluail in no way resembles the melodious whit, whit of 

 C. comirmnis, and is a harsh, unmusical cry, impossible to 

 express on paper. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. 



Fig. 1. Egg oF Phi/lloscopiis coronatus, p. 142. 



2, 3. ,, Oeocichla itaria, p. 132. 



4. ,, Gallinai^u audralis, p. 165. 



o. ,, Xanthopygia /larcissiiia, p. 140. 



0. „ Larvivora cyane, p. 137. 



7 . ,, Pania varius, p. 147. 



s, U. „ Einberiza yessoensis, p. loo. 



10. ,, Urosphena tquamiceps, p. 144. 



VI. — Obituary. Mr. Howard Saunders, Dr. Rudolph 

 Blasius, and Professor Nation. 



1. Mr, Howard Saunders. — It is seldom that the Members 

 of our Union — and, above all, the Editors — have to deplore 

 the loss of so well-tried and trusty a friend as their late 

 Secretary, Mr. Howard Saunders, whose death will be 

 acutely felt, not only by his friends in England and abroad, 

 but by many a London scientific society. Noted as a 

 traveller and an ornithologist he was a conspicuous figure 

 among the zoologists of the Metropolis, and his writings, 

 marked as they were by exceptional care and accuracy, will 

 serve as a model for many future generations. He spared 

 no pains to make his own work as perfect as possible, 

 and was never known to refuse his aid, in the interests of 

 science, to those occupied in similar pursuits, while his 

 various activities were only terminated by his death, which 

 occurred at his London residence, 7 Radnor Place, W., oa 



