Obituary. 



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Of the chief Palsearctic families the particulars^ furnished 

 by Mr. Dresser, are as follows : — 



Species. 



Turdiuse 45 



Saxicolinse 44 



Sylviinse 96 



Paridse & Sittidae 51 



jMotacinida3, Laniidse, & 



Muscicapidse 80 



Fringillidas 116 



Alaudidae 34 



Picidffi 26 



Species. 



Nocturnal Raptores 23 



Diurnal Raptores 68 



Anatidse 61 



Gallinse 41 



Charadriidas 80 



Laridfe & Stercorariidse . . 42 

 Tubinares, Alcse, & Pygo- 



podes 32 



Owens College is indeed to be congratulated upon possess- 



ing so valuable a collection. 



LIII. — Obituary. 

 John Cordeaux, F. B. Simson, and E. M. H. Riddell. 



John Cordeaux, who died at his house at Great Cotes, 

 Lincolnshire, on August 1st, in his sixty-ninth year, was the 

 son of the Rev. John Cordeaux, M.A., and was born at 

 Foston Rectory, Leicestershire, on February 27th, 1831. 

 In youth some of his vacations were passed in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Louth, and this perhaps fostered a taste for the 

 marshlands and coast of Lincolnshire, and led to his taking 

 up his abode at Great Cotes when quite a young man. A 

 frequent contributor to the 'Zoologist/ 'Naturalist,' 'Field/ 

 &c., the year 1873 saw the publication of ' The Birds of the 

 H umber District,' an admirable little book, full of the 

 results of personal observations. A supplement, up to date, 

 was published shortly before his death. In the autumn of 

 1874 he made his first visit to Heligoland, and was the 

 earliest British ornithologist to make known, from personal 

 experience, the extensive collection formed by the late 

 Heinrich Gatke. A description of this visit appeared in 

 ' The Ibis ' for 1875 (pp. 172-188), and his acquaintance with 

 Gatke stimulated his previous interest in the migration of 



