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of Goose — the Pink-footed Goose — then quite unknown to 

 British naturalists^ although it subsequently turned out to 

 have been previously described on the Continent. He 

 became likewise well known for his life-sized model of the 

 Dodo_, w^hich w^as exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851. 

 About 1853, when the Crystal Palace was moved from Hyde 

 Park to Sydenham, Bartlettw^as appointed Superintendent of 

 the Natural History Division of the new institution. After 

 a short period of office there, he was selected, in the autumn 

 of 1859, to fill a vacancy in the office of Superintendent of 

 the Zoological Society^s Gardens, and continued in the 

 efficient performance of his duties until his death. In his 

 practical knowledge of living animals, and as regards the 

 best mode of treating them in confinement, Bartlett was, 

 perhaps, unrivalled. No one knew better than he Avhether 

 an animal was sound or sick, or was a more accurate judge 

 of its value when offered for sale. 



He was also an excellent and careful observer of the habits 

 and structure of the animals under his charge, and from time 

 to time read many valuable papers at the Meetings of the 

 Zoological Society upon these subjects. Altogether upwards 

 of 30 papers from Bartlett's pen on birds alone will be found 

 in the ' Proceediugs ' of the Zoological Society from 1839 to 

 1887, besides many more relating to other branches of the 

 Animal Kingdom. Amongst those relating to birds, we may 

 call attention to the following as being perhaps of special 

 interest : — 



On a new British Species of the Genus Ansev {Anser phcenicopus). 



P. Z. S. 1839, p. 2. 

 Description of a new Species oi Fuligula {Fidiyula ferinoides) . P. Z. S. 



1847, p. 48. 

 On the Genus Aptenjx. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 274. 

 On some Bones of Didus. P. Z. S. 1851, p. 280. 

 Indications of the Existence of a Second Species of Emeu (Drooiceiis). 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 205. 

 Notes on the Reproduction of the AustraUan Wattle-bird {Talec/alla 



lathami) in the Society's Gardens. P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 42G. 

 Oji the Affinities of Bidceniceps. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 131. 

 N )te on the Habits and Affinities of the Kagu {Rhinochetus juhatus) , 



V. Z. S. 1862, p. 218. 



