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'The Ibis' (1888, p. 93) on the Acanthiza of Tasmania, 

 and in the * Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society 

 of Tasmania' for 1886 he published liis " Systematic List of 

 Tasmanian Birds/' A revised edition of this list was printed 

 in the same journal for the years 1900-1901. 



In 1904 he was President of the Australasian Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, and delivered an address 

 at Dunedin in New Zealand on '^ The zoogeographical rela- 

 tions of the Ornis of the various subregions of the Australian 

 region, with the geographical distribution of the principal 

 genera therein " — a valuable and thoughtful paper. He also 

 wrote on geological and anthropological subjects. 



Col. Legge was elected a Colonial Member of the B. O.U. 

 in 1903. He was also member of the Royal Society of 

 Tasmania, and of the Royal Australian Ornithological Union, 

 of which he was an original member and tiie first President. 



He was twice married, and is survived by two sons, both 

 now in Australia. 



Robert Oliver Cunningham. 



From the ' Morning Post ' of 27 July last we learn of 

 the death of Dr. R. 0. Cunningham, who, thongh never a 

 member of the Union, made some contributions to the 

 pages of ' The Ibis ' in its earlier years. 



Born about 1840, Dr. Cunningham obtained his medical 

 education at Edinburgh, at the University of which he gained 

 his M.D. degree in 1864. In 1866 he was appointed 

 Naturalist to H.M. Surveying Ship 'Nassau,' commissioned 

 to explore and map out the Straits of Magellan and the ad- 

 joining waters of the Patagonian coasts ; and on his return 

 in 1869 he published a charming volume containing an 

 account of his experiences, ' Notes on the Natural History 

 of the Straits of Magellan and the West Coast of Patagonia.' 



After his return from South America he was for some 

 years Professor of Natural History and Geology at Queen's 

 College, Belfast, but of late he lived in retirement at 

 Paignton in Devonshire, where he died. 



His first paper in *The Ibis' (1866, p. 1) is a learned 



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