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than for their number, for Mr. Saunders was by no means a voluminous 

 writer. In 1882 he took over from the late Professor Newton the editor- 

 ship of the fourth edition of Yarrell's 'British Birds,' and in the most 

 admirable manner re-wrote the third and fourth volmnes which were still 

 required to complete the edition. Subsequently he conceived the idea of 

 writing his greatest work, the 'Manual of British Birds,' mentioned above, 

 which was published in 1899, and passed through a second edition ten 

 years later. On this subject we have already touched, as also on his 

 monograph of the Gulls [Laridse, in Vol. XXV, 'Catalogue of the Birds in 

 the British Museum']. On these latter, to the study of which he had 

 devoted the greater part of his life, he was undoubtedly the greatest 

 authority in the world, and he possessed a remarkably fine collection of 

 their skins, which was acquired by the Trustees of the British Musetun in 

 1894. He presented to the nation his fine collection of eggs of Gulls and 

 Terns, and, from time to time, nmnbers of skins of birds from Southern 

 Spain and other parts of the world. 



"He was always ready to place at the disposal of others his great store 

 of information, and a large munber of books written by his friends passed 

 throvigh his hands for revision. He was a man of singularly sound judg- 

 ment, and possessed of a wonderful sense of proportion, consequently his 

 help and sympathy in both public and private difficulties were constantly 

 sought and invariably forthcoming. The loss of such a man and such a 

 friend has plunged the little community of British ornithologists into 

 heartfelt sorrow." , 



Mr. Saunders, with Dr. P. L. Sclater, attended the second annual meeting 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union, held in New York City, September 

 30 and following days, 1884, at which meeting Mr. Saunders was elected 

 an Honorary Member of the A. O. U. He also visited Cambridge and other 

 scientific centers in America, and the acquaintance thus formed with the 

 leading American ornithologists ripened into lasting friendships. In 

 recent years the notices of 'The Auk' appearing in 'The Ibis' have come 

 from his pen. His American colleagues who have visited him at his London 

 home will recognize the justness of Mr. Grant's tribute to his memory. 



Rudolph Blasius. a Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, died at his home in Braunschweig, Gennany, after a long 

 illness, on September 21, 1907. An account of his life and ornithological 

 work will be gi^•en in a later number of this journal. 



Mrs. Isabel Paddock Carter, an Associate of the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union, died quite suddenly in St. Johnsbury, Vt., Sept. 15, 1907, 

 a fortnight after her marriage to Edgar N. Carter. She was bom in the 

 home where she died, March 19, 1871, and was the only surviving child 

 of Harolin and Mary Hawes Paddock. After an academic cour.se and a 

 year or more in music at Smith College she gave instruction in instrimiental 



