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turned from another five months' expedition into the central 

 mountain-range of that portion of the Malay Peninsula, 

 Mr. Wray^s collection, as in former cases (see P. Z. S. 1886, 

 p. 350, and 1887, p. 431), will probably be worked out by 

 Mr. Sharpe. 



Dr. Guillemard is again in Cyprus for the spring months. 

 Our readers will join us in hoping that on his return he may 

 give us as interesting an account of his ornithological adven- 

 tures as he did of his similar tour in 1887. 



New Monograph of the Weaver-birds and Finches. — Mr. 

 Edward Bartlett, of the Museum, Maidstone, announces the 

 1st Part of a Monograph of the Pluceidce and Fringillidce. 

 Each Part is to contain six hand-coloured Plates drawn by 

 Mr. F. W. FrohaAvk, and letterpress, at the price, to Sub- 

 scribers only, of 105. 6d. each Part. 



Sale of another Great Auk's Egg. — In our January No. 

 we recorded the sale of an egg of the Great Auk for the then 

 unprecedented price of 160 guineas ; but on the 12th March 

 a much finer specimen realized the sum of .€225 at Stevens^ 

 Auction Rooms. It had been inherited by Mrs. Wise from 

 her father, the late Mr. Holland, who purchased it in 1851 

 from Williams, of Vere Street, for €18. 



Obituary. — Mr. Edward Lear, who died at San Remo on 

 29th January last, at the age of seventy-four, had achieved a 

 wide celebrity as the clever artist who delineated the wild 

 scenery of Corsica, Calabria, and Albania, and also as the 

 originator of some delightful "nonsense verses. ^^ In addi- 

 tion to these accomplishments, he was, however, a true orni- 

 thologist, and the author of an important folio, published in 

 1831, entitled ' Illustrations of the Family of the Psittacidte' ; 

 he also supplied the plates for the late Dr. J. E. Gray's 

 ' Gleanings from the Menagerie at Knowsley Hall,' and for 

 other works on natural history. 



We regret to have to record the death of one of our Mem- 

 bers, Mr. J. C. IIele, at Norwich, Ontario, Canada, on the 

 27th May, 1887. 



