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pass some days in London ; for, with Mr. Godman, he had conceived 

 the idea of bringing out a ' Biologia Centrali-Americana,' being a com- 

 plete natural history of the countries lying between Mexico and the 

 Isthmus of Panama. This gigantic task, by far the greatest work of 

 the kind ever attempted, taxed all their united efforts and those of the 

 many contributors they enlisted, and is still in progress. Before begin- 

 ning this, Mr. Salvin had edited the third series of ' The Ibis,' of which 

 he was one of the founders ; and had brought out a ' Catalogue of the 

 Strickland Collection ' in the Cambridge Museum. He contributed 

 also the Trochilidfe (humming-birds) and Procellariidae (petrels) — on 

 which last group he was the acknowledged authority — -to the British 

 Museum ' Catalogue of Birds ' ; and almost his latest labour was that 

 of completing and arranging the late Lord Lilford's ' Coloured Figures 

 of British Birds ' ; while the Royal Society's ' Catalogue of Scientific 

 Papers' enumerates forty-seven published by Mr. Salvin alone, twenty- 

 three by him and Mr. Godman jointly, and fifty-four by him and Mr. 

 Sclater — all before 1884. Mr. Salvin was a Fellow of the Boyal, the 

 Linnean, the Zoological, and the Entomological Societies, on the 

 councils of all of which he frequently served ; and it may be truly said 

 that there were few naturalists whose opinion was more often sought, 

 for his advice was generally sound. His figure was well known at the 

 Athen?eum Club ; and last year he was elected an Hon. Fellow of his 

 old college. He will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends, to 

 whom his quiet and unassuming manners greatly endeared him. 



William Miles Maskell. — Mr. W. M. Maskell, Registrar of the 

 New Zealand University, died on May 1st, aged fifty-eight years. He 

 was born in Hampshire, England, and was educated at the Catholic 

 College of St. Mary, Oscott, and also in Paris. After leaving school he 

 entered the army, and served for three years in the 11th Infantry, now 

 known as the Devonshire Regiment. He went out to New Zealand in 

 1860 in the ship ' William Miles,' and landed at Lyttelton the same 

 year. In Canterbury he worked for some time on sheep stations until, 

 having gained sufficient experience, he took up a sheep run on his own 

 account in Kaikoura in the Marlborough district. In 1864 he returned 

 to Canterbury ; and for the eight years following he was farming at 

 Sefton. He was elected a member of the Privy Council in 1865 and 

 kept his seat until 1875, when the General Assembly took over the 

 reins of Government. In 1874 he was appointed Provincial Secretary 

 and Treasurer of Canterbury ; the Hon. J. T. Peacock being at the 

 same time Secretary for Public Works. Mr. Maskell was appointed 

 in succession to Mr. E. Jolly, who at that time represented Selwyn. 

 On the formation of the New Zealand University he was appointed 

 Registrar, and during the time that the Hon. J. Tancred held the 

 position of Chancellor he resided in Christchurch ; but when Sir James 

 Hector assumed the Chancellorship Mr. Maskell went to Wellington, 

 where he has lived ever since. Mr. Maskell was a widely-read man, 

 who took keen interest in scientific matters. He was a prominent 

 member of the Philosophical Institute both in Christchurch and 

 Wellington, and in fact assisted in the foundation of the Institute. 

 He was well known as an entomologist ; and some of his papers on 

 Coccida;, of which family he was recognised an authority, were widely 

 published. 



