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after an adventurous journey across the Kalahari Desert 

 {cf. Ibis, 1912, pp. 355-404). This undertaking proved 

 higlily successful, especially as regards the collection of the 

 fishes — which were greatly wanted by the British Museum — 

 from that rapidly disappearing lake. Among the swarms of 

 water-fowl which frequented the extensive reed-beds sur- 

 rounding Ngami, Legge had ample opportunity of adding 

 examples of several species to his favourite group of birds. 

 The Duck-tribe was his special hobby, and the acquisition 

 of several specimens of the Cape Shoveler, a rare bird in 

 most collections, was especially welcome to him. His Duck 

 collection contained many interesting examples of species 

 in the eclipse-plumage which he had taken special pains to 

 procure. 



During the last few years, as County Commissioner for 

 Staffordshire, he had done much good work among the Boy 

 Scouts, and at the commencement of the War he joined the 

 7th Batt. South Staffordshire Regiment, and went with them 

 to the Dardanelles. Though twice wounded in the shoulder 

 and the thigh on " Hill 70" on the 9th of August, he 

 refused to allow anyone to leave the firing-line and carry 

 him out of danger, and, while mortally wounded, kept 

 shouting encouraging words to his men. They were all 

 devoted to him. A Sergeant of " D " Company writes : — 

 ''There are none left who knew him who will ever forget him. 

 He was my ideal type of an English officer and a gentleman 

 ... he didn't know what fear was.'' 



Gerald Legge was a delightful fellow, full of fun and 

 quiet humour, a great sportsman, and an ideal companion. 

 He died as he had always lived, thinking of others. His 

 many friends are very proud of him, but that does not make 

 the loss easier to bear, W. R. O.-G. 



Sib Arthur William Rucker. 

 The death of Sir Arthur Riicker, F.R.S., formerly 

 Principal of the University of London and from 1896 to 

 1901 one of the Secretaries of the Royal Society, took 



