Miscellaneous. 507 



On the Foraminifera of the Vienna Tertiary Basin. 



M. F. Karrer has examined the Foraminifera of the Vienna Ter- 

 tiary Basin with respect to the differences stated by Messrs. Forbes 

 and Godwin- Austen ('Nat. History of the European Seas,' 1859, 

 p. 135, &c.) to exist between the forms of this class at present living 

 in the Mediterranean, as to whether they inhabit greater or less 

 depths. Nearly all the marine deposits within the Vienna Basin 

 may be considered as contemporaneous as far as the Foraminifera are 

 concerned ; for the species occurring in them present no more dif- 

 ferences than what are found to exist between the forms at present 

 inhabiting different depths of the Mediterranean. The Foraminifera 

 fossil in the blue plastic clay (generally known as the " Baden 

 Tegel") are analogous to those at present living at considerable 

 depths. — Vienna Imp. Acad, of Sciences, Meeting July 4, 1861. 



The Gorilla. 



The Rev. A. Busnell a resident missionary in the Gorilla country, 

 observes, " The Gorillas are found on the south side of the river, 

 and some thirteen or fourteen years ago, were first brought to notice 

 by Dr. Wilson, one of our missionaries ; and, soon after, we owned a 

 live young one, which ran about the station ; and we have frequently 

 purchased from the natives full-grown ones, within twelve hours after 

 their being killed in the forest, for about a pound's worth of goods. 

 These we dissected, and forwarded to colleges and museums in the 

 United States." — • Good Words? edited by Norman Macleod, 

 Nov. 1, 1861, p. 624. 



Obituary Notice of George Barlee, Esq. 



Another member of the band of working naturalists has passed 

 away, but not without leaving many memorials of his scientific 

 labours. Although Mr. Barlee seldom wrote for publication, the 

 services he rendered to the cause of science will not be the less 

 appreciated by posterity. For many years his indefatigable zeal and 

 energy in the investigation of our native fauna have been well known 

 to all who have been engaged in this fascinating pursuit ; and every 

 branch has been enriched by his numerous discoveries. His liber- 

 ality was worthy of his scientific repute, and it was experienced by 

 all who had any communication with him. The writer of this, who 

 enjoyed his friendship during all the time that the deceased fol- 

 lowed the pursuit of natural history, and who was his companion 

 or partner in nearly every one of the annual excursions which he 

 took for this purpose, feels some consolation in the reflection that 

 not the slightest misunderstanding ever existed between them. Mr. 

 Barlee commenced his career as a naturalist about eighteen years 

 ago, when he had passed the prime of life. He had up to that time 

 practised as a solicitor in his native town, Yoxford, in Suffolk, which 

 profession and place, however, he q\iitted in consequence of the death 

 of his only child (a son), whom he lost at an early age. Mr. Barlee 

 died at Exmouth, on the 19th of November, in his 68th year. — 

 J. G. J., Nov. 26, 1861. 



