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Heine commenced his subsequently so celebrated collection 

 of birds. His activity was so great that with the assistance 

 of Dr. Cabanis after 50 years^ work the Museum Heineanum 

 was little behind the Bird Collection of the Koyal Museum 

 of Berlin in completeness, and as regards some groups 

 actually superior to it. The Heinean Collection obtained 

 greater importance from the fact that, as arranged by the 

 owner and with his active co-operation, it was scientifically 

 examined and catalogued at first (1850-51) by Dr. Cabanis, 

 and subsequently by the same naturalist in conjunction with 

 Herr F. Heine, Junr,, the eldest son of the owner. The 

 results of their labour were given to the world in the well- 

 known ornithological work ' Museum Heineanum/ pub- 

 lished at Halberstadt in five parts (1850-63), in which, 

 besides a list of the specimens in the collection, a large 

 number of new genera and species of birds were described 

 and many notes added. But the completion of this work by 

 no means exhausted Heine^s energies. On the contrary, up 

 to the end of his life he continued to improve and increase 

 his museum and strove to make it as useful as possible for 

 science. In 1882 he compiled a full systematic list of his 

 collection, which he wrote in MS. himself. This list was 

 revised and edited by Dr. Reichenow and Heine's eldest son 

 jointly, and published at Berlin (1882-90) under the title 

 ' Nomenclator Musei Heineani Ornithologici.' The list 

 contains the names of 5187 species, represented by 11,968 

 specimens in the Collection. Heine passed the greater part 

 of his life on his estate, St. Burchard, just outside the city 

 of Halberstadt, where the Editor of this Journal had the 

 pleasure of visiting him many years ago. We may be sure 

 that this, valuable collectiou — so rich in types — will be care- 

 fully treasured and kept in order by Mr. P'erdinand Heine, 

 the present proprietor. 



