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sent the males, females^ and young birds, as well as all the 

 intermediate plumages and variations^ which Mr. Haj'gitt 

 had been able to draw from the specimens in his own collec- 

 tion and those in the public museums and private collec- 

 tions of the world. Considering that for many years he had 

 suffered from indifferent health, and was engaged through- 

 out the time on his own professional work, it was really a 

 wonderful example of human energy to have produced such a 

 series of beautiful paintings of Woodpeckers. Nearly 100 

 typical specimens were illustrated in the series, and many 

 of them were of great interest, as not having been figured in 

 any public work. 



The letterpress, which had been entirely written out by 

 Miss Hargitt, contained 1489 original descriptions, all of 

 them carefully copied from the works in which they had ap- 

 peared. The work, as completed, formed 14 stout 8vo volumes. 



Dr. Sharpe had been carefully through the collection of 

 Woodpeckers left by his late friend and he found that this 

 collection was one of very great importance, containing 3538 

 specimens, representing 289 species, with 22 types. 



The collection contained examples of several species not in 

 the British Museum nor in any other collection, and there 

 could be no doubt that in Mr. Hargitt's series would be found 

 the material for a complete Monograph of the Picidae, which 

 could be rendered still more perfect by a study of the 

 fourteen volumes of paintings of Woodpeckers executed 

 by Mr. Hargitt. These volumes also contained a number 

 of original observations on and corrections to Mr. Har- 

 gitt's work in the ' Catalogue of Birds. ^ In conclusion. 

 Dr. Sharpe expressed a hope that this beautiful collection 

 would find a resting-place in some public or private museum, 

 where it would be fully appreciated, so that the original work 

 of its late possessor would receive the acknoMledgmcnt which 

 so many years of patient labour demanded. 



Mr. ScLATER stated that he had been informed by Capt. 

 S, Pasfield Oliver that the latter was about to publish a 

 translation of the Journal of '^Le Sieur D. B.," from a 



