36 BRITISH BIRDS. 



their memoir on the birds of the island of St. Croix, 

 in the West Indies, illustrated by a marvellous plate 

 of the little Bare-legged Owl {Gymnoglaux 7iudipes) by 

 Joseph Wolf. Then followed John WoUey's memorable 

 account of the breeding of the Smew in Lapland, and a 

 plate of hitherto unfigured European birds' eggs, including 

 those of the Great Spotted Cuckoo, Andalusian Hemi- 

 pode, and Cream-coloured Courser, was contributed by 

 Mr. W. C. Hewitson. Then followed the ever memorable 

 review of Bree's " Birds of Europe," which, though 

 unsigned, has always been attributed to Professor Newton, 

 probably because no one else could possibly have written 

 it. All the reviews and notices in the first part of the 

 " Ibis " were very interesting, and included original letters 

 from Dr. A. E,. Wallace, then engaged on his exj)lorations 

 in the Malay Archipelago. 



Part II. of the " Ibis " contains a sketch of the 

 trachea of the male and female Harlequin Duck, drawn by 

 Professor Newton himself to illustrate his article on the 

 subject. Another article in Part lY. of the same volume 

 contains a review of Baedeker's and Brewer's w^orks on 

 eggs, and is evidently attributable to his pen. 



Professor Newton took a keen interest in the success 

 of the " Ibis," of which he edited the second series 

 (1865-1870), bemg succeeded by Mr. Salvin. The 

 reviews and criticisms which appeared in the second series 

 were fine examples of what criticism should be, and as a 

 reviewer he stood unsurpassed. 



In 1864 he wrote the " Aves " portion of the " Zoological 

 Record," and continued the work till 1869. More scope 

 was allowed in those days for critical remarks on the 

 various memoirs recorded, and here again Professor Newton 

 was able to do much admirable work. 



In 1866 he was appointed Professor of Zoology and 

 Comparative Anatomy in the University of Cambridge, 

 and held the post for forty-one years. All this time 

 his influence on the study of zoology was very great, 

 and numbers of ornithologists were helj)ed and guided 



