^2 Notes attd N'ezvs. TAuk 



Dr. Emu. Holub, a Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, died at Vienna, February 21, 1902, in the 55th year of his 

 age. For the following notice of the life and work of this well-known 

 African traveller and collector we are indebted to 'The Ibis ' (July, 1902, 

 P-52I)- 



" Dr. Holub was a native of Bohemia and of Czech descent. He was 

 educated as an apothecary, but emigrated early to South Africa, and 

 practised as a doctor at Kimberly and elsewhere. His original induce- 

 ment to penetrate into the far interior of the country was his ardent taste 

 for natural history, especially ornithology, to the pursuit of which his 

 first seven years of travel were mainly devoted. His journeys were 

 described in his ' Sieben Jahre in Sud-Afrika ' (Wien, 1S81), awork which 

 was translated into English and published in London. In conjunction 

 with the late Freiherr v. Pelzeln, the collection of birds made on this 

 occasion was described by him in a volume entitled ' Beitrage zur Orni- 

 thologie Sudafrikas ' (Vienna, 1S82). Dr. Holub subsequently returned 

 to South Africa, and made a more extended expedition into the Marotse 

 and Mashukulumbe countries north of the Zambesi, now forming part of 

 Northern Rhodesia. During his four years' wanderings on this occasion 

 (1883-S7) a large collection of native arms and implements, as well as of 

 natural objects, was made, and was exhibited at Vienna on his return to 

 Europe. This journey was described in his work ' Von der Capstadt ins 

 Land der Maschukulumbe ' (2 vols., Vienna, 1890)." 



Chester Barlow, a Member of the American Ornithologists' Union, 

 and one of the best known of the younger ornithologists of this country, 

 died at Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, Nov. 6, 1902. 

 Death resulted from an incurable form of tuberculosis and took place 

 after a few weeks of marked debilitation and but a few days of final 

 confining sickness. Interment was made at Mountain View in the 

 presence of a large number of friends, prominent among whom were 

 many members of the Cooper Ornithological Club of which Mr. Barlow 

 was a founder and the Secretary for nine years. 



Although but 28 years of age he had accomplished much for ornithology, 

 and the position which he held among his fellows in California and 

 among the younger ornithologists throughout the country was unique. 

 He was a thoroughly self-made man, and the large degree of popularity 

 which he enjoyed was due to sterling qualities combined with a loving 

 disposition and an impressionable nature. He was educated in the com- 

 mon schools of Santa Clara, California, and immediately after gradua- 

 tion took a position as a clerk in the Santa Clara Valley Bank. Indeed, 

 while still in school he helped support his widowed mother by assisting 

 with the accounts at this bank in spare hours, having begun his career as 

 stable boy for one of its senior officers. His ability and integrity soon 

 won promotion, and in the course of a few years he became assistant 

 cashier and later was elected a member of the board of directors. He 

 was married Oct. 15, 1899, to Miss Jeannette Nicholls of Santa Clara, 



