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his labors to a close, leaving this great work unfinished. Arrangements 

 have been made for its completion by our Corresponding Member, Mr. 

 William L. Sclater, formerly Director of the South African Museum, and 

 author of the 'Fauna of South Africa.' 



From Mr. R. Edgcumbe's biographical notice of Captain Shelley (Ibis, 

 April, 1911, pp. 369-376) we take the following tribute to his memory: 

 "Captain Shelley was for many years an active member of the British 

 Ornithologists' Union, and from 1870 to 1894 [1901] made numerous 

 contributions, chiefly on African birds, to the pages of 'The Ibis' [and to 

 the 'Proceedings' of the London Zoological Society], as will be seen by our 

 List of his principal publications. He possessed great natural abilities, 

 with something of that genius which has made the family-name famous. 

 Gifted as he was by nature, he might have turned his mind to anything, 

 and would have made his mark in almost any direction. He possessed a 

 wonderful memory, an infinite capacity for taking pains, and a facility 

 for literary expression, attributes in which he resembled his celebrated 

 uncle, the Poet. In youth he strongly resembled the Poet in personal 

 appearance. . . .To the last hour of life Captain Shelley was distinguished 

 by that inborn gentleness, modesty, and courteous bearing which consti- 

 tute, in the highest sense, the well-born gentleman. . . 



"In 1889, Captain Shelley married Janet, daughter of the late Mr. E. 

 Andrewes, who, with two sons and a daughter, survives him." 



Dr. Gustav Edler von Hayek, a Corresponding Member of the Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, died at his home in Vienna on January 9, 1911, 

 in the 76th year of his age. He was born at Briinn in 1836, and on com- 

 pleting his studies at Vienna entered the navy, serving for a time as ensign. 

 On leaving the navy in 1S63, he took up the study of natural history under 

 Hyrtl, Briihl, Hochstetter and Kornhuher, later becoming Kornhiiher's 

 assistant, and, in 1869, Professor in the then newly established Realgym- 

 nasium, which position he continued to fill till the year 1900, when he 

 retired and was pensioned. 



In 1880 he took charge of the Ornithologische Verein in Vienna, of which 

 Crown Prince Rudolf was patron. At the International Ornithological 

 Congress held in Vienna in 1884, the International Ornithological Com- 

 mittee was organized with Dr. von Hayek as chairman, which office he 

 filled for many years. 



Dr. von Hayek was also active as an author. Among his best known 

 works are 'Der illustrirte Handatlass aller drei Reiche' and 'Handbuch 

 der Zoologie,' in four volumes. He was honored with the Kriegsmedaille 

 for Kunst and Wissenschaft, and received many foreign decorations, among 

 them French and Russian. His sons are Dr. August Edler von Hayek 

 and Dr. Paul Edler von Hayek. — A. v. H. 



Dr. Carl Parrot, late president of the Ornithologische Verein in 

 Bayern, and editor of its publications, died at his home in Munich, January 





