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and Leipzig and at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. His graduating thesis 

 for his degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Leipzig was entitled ' De Avium 

 corpore pneumatico,' and was published in Berlin in 1860. In 1866 he 

 published an extended memoir on the structure and coloration of feathers 

 ('Des diverses modifications dans les Forms et la Coloration des Plumes'). 

 While in some respects it was a valuable contribution to the subject, his 

 conclusions respecting changes of color within the mature feather were 

 based almost wholly on groundless hypotheses. 1 He was for many years 

 president of the Societe Ornithologique Suisse, and published many notes 

 and papers in its ' Bulletin, ' in the ' Memoires ' of the Societe de Physique 

 et d' Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, and elsewhere. He was also president 

 of the Swiss Commission on the Phylloxera pest, and devoted much time 

 to its study. He was elected a Foreign Member of the British Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union in 1872, a Corresponding Member of the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union in 1884, and of the London Zoological Society in 1894. 

 He was also the recipient of many orders and decorations from various 

 European countries, in recognition of his contributions to science. 



Mrs. Edward Robins, an Associate of the American Ornithologist's 

 Union, and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Audubon Society, died at her 

 home in Philadelphia, July 2, 1906. In ' Bird-Lore ' (VIII, 1906, p. 

 142) we find the following tribute to her memory: 



" To all who knew Mrs. Robins, her work in behalf of birds and ani- 

 mals is familiar. Ten years ago, entirely through her energy, the Penn- 

 sylvania Au mbon Society was established at a time when only one other 

 organization of the kind was in existence, and she continued actively in 

 charge of its work until failing health compelled her to relinquish it. 

 Mrs. Robins was also active in the Pennsylvania Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Animals, and was President of the Spencer Baird 

 Ornithological Club.— W. S." 



The July (1906) number of the 'Journal fur Ornithologie ' contains (pp. 

 329-358) Herman Schalow's memorial address on the late Dr. Jean Cabanis, 

 which was read at the March session of the Deutchen Ornithologischen 

 Gesellschaft. It is accompanied by a portrait of Cabanis, and a list of 

 his published ornithological writings. The titles number 168, and cover 

 the period 1845 to 1892. The brief annotations consist chiefly of the 

 names of the new genera and species described, the former numbering 216 

 and the latter 422. One genus and 23 species have been named in Cabanis 's 

 honor by other ornithologists. The biography, with its bibliographical 

 supplement, forms a valuable tribute from a devoted pupil to his master. 



'The Condor' states (VIII, July, 1906, p. 101) that the Audubon So- 

 ciety of California was organized at Los Angeles, May 31, 1906, with the 



1 Cf. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1896, pp. 36-38. 



