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he was always ready to show, or even to send, specimens 

 to those who wanted them for study ; many of them have 

 been mentioned by the undersigned. Unfortunately, being 

 absorbed in business, he had no spare time to study 

 his collection himself, so that his name is connected with 

 that of only two species, viz. Pharomacrus xanthogaster and 

 Rhipidura vidua. The late Count Turati, besides having 

 given much attention to the birds of Lombardy, furnished 

 the materials for Bettoni^s great work, ' Gli Uccelli che nidi- 

 ficano in Lombardia/ which, for the beauty of its plates, is 

 the most splendid of all the ornithological works published 

 in Italy. 



"VVe do not yet know what will become of the late Count 

 Turati's magnificent collection, but have no doubt that his 

 heirs will arrange matters so that the splendid monument 

 left by the Count will always be of benefit to science. 



Count Turati was a generous man, and always ready to 

 aid scientific enterprises in which researches in natural history 

 were concerned. It is greatly to be wished that others may 

 imitate him, both in Italy and elsewhere. 



T. Salvadori. 



A letter received from Dr. Finsch, dated Sydney, August 

 19th, 1881, confirms the report of the death of the well-known 

 German collector Kleinschmidt. He was killed in July 

 last by the natives of New Britain, where he was engaged in 

 collecting for the Museum Godeffroy. 



Dr. Finsch, when he wrote, was planning a visit to Thurs- 

 day Island, in Torres Straits, and the adjoining districts of 

 New Guinea. He had just returned from a short visit to 

 New Zealand, of which he promises us an account for our 

 next Number. 



