"^"^igif ^^] ^otes and News. 435 



Messager Ornithologique, III, Nos. 3 and 4, 1912, IV, Nos. 3 and 4, 1913. 



Oologist, The, XXXI, Nos. 320 to 323, March-June, 1914. 



Oregon Sportsman, The, II, Nos. 4 and 5, April-May, 1914. 



Ornithologische Monatsschi-ift, 38, Nos. 2, 3 and 4. February-April, 

 1914. 



Ottawa Naturalist, The, XXVII, Nos. 11 and 12, February and March, 

 1914. 



Philippine Journal of Science, The, VIII, Sec. D., No. 5, October, 1913. 



Proceedings Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, LXVI, Pt. 1. January- 

 March, 1914. 



Revue Frangaise d'Ornithologie, VI, Nos. 59, 60 and 61, March-May, 

 1914. 



Science, N. S., XXXIX, Nos. 1104-1016. 



Scottish Naturahst, The, 1914, Nos. 27 to 30, March-.June, 1914. 



South Australian Ornithologist, The, I, Part 2, April, 1914. 



Wilson, BuUetin, The, XXVI, No. 1. March, 1914. 



Zoologist, The, (4) XVIII, Nos. 207, 208 and 209, March-May, 1914. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The British Ornithologists' Union has lost two prominent members 

 during the present year, although both gained their reputations in other 

 fields than ornithology. 



Albert Charles Ludwig Gotthelf Giinther known the world over as a 

 leader in the science of ichthyology and for twenty years (1875-1895) 

 keeper of Zoology in the British Museum died on February 1, 1914 in his 

 eighty-fourth j'ear. Dr. Gimther was born in Wui'ttemborg, October 30, 

 1830, but early in hfe came to England and became associated with the 

 Museum. While his actual contributions to ornithological literature were 

 few, it was through his initiative and support that the 'Catalogue of Birds' 

 was published and that alone deserves the thanks of every systematic orni- 

 thologist. He also originated the Zoological Record and personally edited 

 the first six volumes. 



Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton, widely known as an author- 

 ity on mammals although author of ornithological papers as well, died 

 on January 17, 1914, on South Georgia Island in the Antarctic, where he 

 had gone as leader of a British government expedition to investigate the 

 whale and seal fisheries of the island. He was born in England, May 18, 

 1871, and his loss while still in the prime of life is a sad blow to the study 

 to which he was devoted. 



