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Edward Atham to Emanuel is dated 3 January, 1628, or six 

 montlis before the bird was shipped from Mauritius. Ema- 

 nuel died in the fort of Armagon, on the coast of Coroman- 

 del, in 1635, having, in his last illness, had " all his particular 

 bookes of accompts and many other wrightings " burnt in 

 his presence, as testified by a document to that effect, signed 

 by four wiinesses and now in the collection. I cannot find 

 the name af Atham among the " Principall Benefactors " to 

 the ' Museeum Tradescantianum ' (1656), where Herbert's 

 name, on the counfcrary, does occur ; but, as is well known, 

 Sir Hamon Le Strange saw a live Dodo exhibited in London 

 about 1638, and by 1634 a specimen had been given to the 

 Anatomy School at Exford. (1) 



SEANCE DU LUNDI 19 AVRIL 1875. 



sous LA PRESIDENCE DE M. CH- BRUCE. 



Sout presents : L'hon J. Eraser, MM. A. Daraty, C. 

 Descrozilles, Ev. Dupont, L. Hugues, L. Le Juge, P. Le 

 Miere, V. de Robillard , Ed. Serendat. 



Au moment d^ouvrir la seance, le Secretaire a deman- 



de qu^on inscrive au proces-verlaal du jour rexpression 



des regrets de la Socieie k propos de la mort de Sir W. 



Gomm dont la nouvelle a ete transmise par la dernier^.' 



malle. 



Sir W. Gomm, a dit le Secretaire, etait notre Patron 

 Honor aire ct c^est grace a sa recommandation aupres du 



(1) Aim. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 2) iii. pp. 136, 127. From the pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 



