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1890^ but our notice of him has been unavoidably delayed. 

 He died at his residence in Paris (13 Rue Guy-de-la-Brosse) 

 on the 5tli of May last^ in the 76th year of bis age. Salld 

 was primarily an entomologist, and accumulated an excellent 

 series of Central-American Coleoptera, which were eventually 

 transferred to Messrs. Salvin and Godraan, and formed part 

 of the materials for the ' Biologia Centrali-Americana.' But 

 Salle was also a diligent collector of birds, and made excellent 

 skins. In 1849 he visited San Domingo, and obtained a series 

 of birds which were described by Sclater (P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 230), with Salle's field-notes appended. The principal and 

 last expedition of Salle was that made to Mexico, 1854-56, 

 in company with Mr. A. Boucard, the well-known naturalist. 

 He then explored the States of Vera Cruz and Puebla, 

 chiefly the former. A Mexican friend and correspondent 

 (M. Jose Pieta) put his hacienda of Tospam, near Cordoba, 

 at Salle's disposal. It was there that most of the collec- 

 tions were made. Several expeditions were carried out from 

 Tospam to Jalapa, to the Volcan de Orizaba, to San Andres 

 Chalchicomula, and to other places, and many were the new 

 species of Land-shells, Insects, Reptiles, Fishes, Birds, and 

 Mammals discovered during these collecting tours. 



The birds obtained on this occasion were mostly determined 

 and described by Sclater*. 



The following birds'-names commemorate some of the dis- 

 coveries of Auguste Salle : — Phaethornis augusti (Bourc.), 

 1847; Crypturus sallcei (Bp.), 1856; Granatellus sallcBi^ ScL, 

 1856; Chrysotis sallai, Scl., 1857; and Cyrtonyx sallm, Verr., 

 1859. 



Salle, who was personally well known to many of us, was 

 most genial and obliging in his disposition, and always 

 ready to help his English friends. He spoke our language 

 excellently, and was also a good Spanish scholar. 



* See " Catalogue of Birds collected by M. Auguste Salle in Southern 

 Mexico, with Descriptions of new Species " (P. Z. S. 1856, p. 283) ; and 

 "List of Additional Species of Mexican Birds obtained byM. Auguste 

 Sall6 from the environs of Jalapa and S. Andres Tuxtla" (P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 201). 



