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While Giglioli was first of all an ornithologist, he was an excellent 

 zoologist in other lines, and was especially interested in deep-sea and 

 pelagic life. His principal ornithological publications relate to the birds 

 of Italy, of which the first, a catalogue of Italian birds, was published in 

 1881 (Ann. di Agric, Roma, 1881, No. 26; also separate, pp. 133) and the 

 second, 'Avifauna ItaUca' (8vo, pp. vii + 625) in 1886. In 1885 he was 

 appointed by the Italian Government to institute an investigation of the 

 birds of Italy, the results of which form three large octavo volumes, of 

 about 700 pages each, entitled 'Resoconto dei risultati della inchiesta 

 ornitologica in Italia,' of which Part I, 'Avifauna Italica,' appeared in 

 1889; Part II, 'Avifauna Locali,' in 1890; Part III, 'Notizie d'indole 

 genefale,' in 1891. In 1907 he published a second edition of the 'Avi- 

 fauna Italica,' in a single volume of about 800 pages. 



His collection of the vertebrate fauna of Italy in the Florence Zoological 

 Museum is a monument to his zeal and devotion to its formation, it being, 

 it is said, the most complete of its kind in Italy, and probably more com- 

 plete than any similar collection elsewhere. Shortly before his death it 

 was decided that it should bear his name and be known in future as the 

 Giglioli Collection. Information of this decision was made known to 

 him during his final illness, but the official announcement was made at the 

 commemoration of Professor Giglioli held at the Florence Museum Febru- 

 ary 2, 1910. The 20th of December had been fixed as the date for the 

 celebration of the fortieth anniversary of his call to the chair of Zoology 

 and Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates at the Royal Institute of 

 Florence, at which the King of Italy was to be present and bestow upon 

 GigHoli the high distinction of 'Grande Ufficiale della Corona d'ltalia.' 



Giglioli was an anthropologist and archaeologist of note, a geographer of 

 merit, a competent ichthyologist, and held important Government ap- 

 pointments relating to economic zoology. As said by his biographer in 

 'The Ibis': "Giglioli was a man of wonderful versatility and general 

 qualifications, and, at the same time, most thorough and painstaking in 

 all he undertook to do. His capacity for work was prodigious, as shown 

 by the long Ust of his published writings, the collections he formed, the 

 many zoological explorations carried out by him, and the numberless 

 scientific meetings he attended, and all this over and above his ordinary 

 professorial and other work. In no way exhausted by his day's labors 

 at the Museum, it was his habit to work far into the night at home .... Few 

 men perhaps have ever had such a gift of making and of retaining friends 

 as Giglioli had. His geniality formed an irresistible attraction, while 

 the wonderful freshness of youth, which he retained to the last, coupled 

 with his bright intelligence and cheery voice and manner, captivated and 

 held one a willing prisoner. For those who knew him intimately, more- 

 over, he had the additional great charm of loyality and sincerity, and was 

 a true friend on whom they knew they could rely." — J. A. A. 



