In Memoriam. v 



Sir Walter Buller returned to New Zealand for a few years in the 

 early nineties, living at Wellington, his country residence being near Levin, 

 on the shores of the beautiful Lake Papaitonga — " the beauty of the south," 

 as it has been called by the Maoris from time immemorial. 



In addition to numerous papers on ornithological subjects contri- 

 buted to the " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute," extending 

 over a period of many years, Sir Walter wrote, in 1888. " Illustrations on 

 Darwinism." 



He returned to England in 1890, and the degree of Doctor of Science 

 was conferred upon him by the University of Cambridge in the following 

 year. 



In I90G he produced a " Supplement to the Birds of New Zealand," 

 in two volumes, correcting the proof-sheets of this last great work during 

 the illness which shortly afterwards terminated a life of remarkable strenu- 

 ousness. 



He died at Fleet, Hampshire, England, on the 19th July, 1906, where 

 he was buried. A memorial service was afterwards held in St. Paul's 

 C'athech-al. London, in the Chapel of the Oi'der of St. jNIichael and St. George, 

 and a tablet is there placed to his memory in the Knights' stalls. 



