96 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Islands" (S. S. 3357 and S. S. 3421) : and the third, which 

 exceeds both the others in permanent value and in richness of 

 illustration (being accompanied by excellent figures of no less 

 than forty-two skulls) is published as a separate volume 

 intituled " Hand-list of the Edentate, Thickskinned, and 

 Ruminant Mammals in the British Museum": it is dated 

 1873. These, the latest of Dr. Gray's labours — and it may 

 truly be said of them Finis coronat opus — are wonderful 

 examples of vigour of mind and energy of purpose, enduring 

 to the very close of life. 



In his domestic relations Dr. Gray was peculiarly happy ; 

 in 18t26 he married Emma Maria Gray, the widow of 

 a cousin, and a lady equally remarkable for her amiable 

 disposition, her numerous accomplishments, and for the 

 cordial and indefatigable assistance she rendered to her 

 husband in his scientific pursuits. As an artist her faithful 

 delineation of molluscous animals for the use of students, is 

 above all praise. Few naturalists had previously ventured 

 beyond the shell, and I am old enough to recollect the time 

 when to prefer the anatomical details of the somewhat 

 uninviting animal to its elegantly formed and often brilliantly 

 coloured dwelling, would have been considered an indication 

 of the worst possible taste. Mrs. Gray thought otherwise, 

 and her judgment has been accepted by all who have followed 

 her in the study of these little-known objects. Her admirable 

 drawings were of infinite assistance to her husband. 



The mortal remains of the naturalist were interred at Lewis- 

 ham old church on Saturday the 13th of March. The funeral 

 rites were performed in the simplest and most unostentatious 

 manner. A plain hearse conveyed the coffin, and was 

 followed by two private carriages containing the mourners, 

 who were few in number, and confined to the immediate 

 relatives of the deceased and one or two of his most intimate 

 friends. By Dr. Gray's emphatic and repeated request no 

 mourning coaches were employed. Dr. Giinther, Mr. 

 Frederick Smith, Mr. Busk, together with Dr. Gray's two old 

 Museum attendants, Mr. Gerrard and Mr. J. Saunders, stood 

 round the grave, and thus paid the last tribute of respect to 

 one of the greatest zoologists that this country has ever 

 produced. — Edward Newman. 



