From the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, August 17th, 1874. 



Bemarks on the Death of Dr. Ferdinand Stoliczka. 



BY ROBERT E. C. STEARNS. 



Mr. President : I regret that I have to announce to the Academy the 

 death of a corresponding member of high scientific reputation and distinguished 

 ability, Dr. Ferdinand Stoliczka, of Calcutta, palaeontologist, connected for 

 many years and up to the time of his death with the Geological Survey of 

 India ; also Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and corresponding 

 member of many scientific societies in Europe and America, and of the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences since December 18th, 18G5. 



Dr. Stoliczka was born in Moravia in May, 1838, and died on the nineteenth 

 day of June, at Shayrock, between the Karakorum Pass and Lab in Ladak, 

 while on his return from an exploration amid the mountainous regions of the 

 interior of Central Asia. 



He commenced his scientific labors when quite a young man, having joined, 

 soon after finishing his University course, the imperial (ieological Institute of 

 Austria, where he soon displayed great ability as a pateontologist, and by his 

 investigations among the recent and fossil Bryozoa. He joined the British 

 Indian Geological Survey corps in 1862,and worked hard and well in this service, 

 both in the field and the closet, as the publications of the Survey and his many 

 papers in the proceedings of various scientific societies attest. 



Dr. Stoliczka's researches were not restricted to the testimony of the rocks, 

 as shown in the numerous fossils described by him ; for besides his geological 

 memoirs, his numerous papers on the Natural History of India, including all 

 divisions of animal life, from the higher mammals to the Actinozoa, display his 

 varied knowledge and- breadth of study. 



His prepossessing appearance, amiable and excellent character, and high 

 culture, gave him a pet'sonnel altogether attractive, and he was much beloved and 

 esteemed by all who enjoyed the honor of his acquaintance. He died while in 

 the prime of life, in the midst of his scientific labors, not full of years, but 

 nevertheless full of honors. 



