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acquaintance of his American brethren in science and their 

 collections. In July 1882 he left England^ on what promised 

 to be a splendid opportunity of visiting the eastern tropics 

 with every advantage and without much risk. Detained at 

 Shonga (a station some 400 miles up the Niger below Rebba) 

 by the breaking-down of his communications^ Mr. Forbes^ 

 as we have already stated, fell a victim to dysentery on 

 January 14 last, thus adding another name to the long list 

 of martyrs of science in that deservedly dreaded climate. 



Of Forbes's private qualities as a most efficient and ready 

 fellow-worker, a most charming companion, and a most 

 sincere friend, the writer is able to testify, not only from 

 personal experience, but also from the universal regret ex- 

 pressed at his untimely end. We subjoin what is, we believe, 

 a nearly complete list of his published works and papers : — 



1875. 



Late Appearance of Cetonia aurata. Entom. Month. Mag. 

 xi. p. 208. 



AiTCsted Development in Timarcha coriaria and Lagria 

 hirta. Entom. Month. Mag. xi. p. 279. 



Note on Chrysomela marginata. Entom. Month. Mag. xii. 

 p. 135. 



1876. 



Note on Mr. Wallace's Distribution of Passerine Birds. 

 Nature, xv. p. 58. 



1877. 



On the Bursa Fabricii in Birds. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 304. 



Recent Observations on the Parrots of the Genus Eclectus. 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 274. 



On the Nesting of the Spoonbill in Holland. By P. L. 

 ScLATER and W. A. Forbes. Ibis, 1877, p. 412. 



Lepidoptera captured during an Excursion to Switzerland 

 and the Italian Lakes. Entom. Month. Mag. xiii. p. 243. 



Melanism in Lepidoptera. Entom. Month. Mag. xiv. 

 p. 16. 



1878. 



Reports on the Collections of Birds made during the 

 Voyage of II.M.S. ' Challenger.'— No. VII. On the Birds of 



