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In our last number we made (p. 112) the mistake of con- 

 founding the editor of the ' Archives Cosmologiques ' with his 

 father, M. Charles F. Dubois, the author of ' Planches Colo- 

 riees des Oiseaux de la Belgique/ and a companion work on the 

 remaining European species not observed in Belgium. The 

 error is the more serious, as we regret having to announce the 

 death of this gentleman, which took place on the 12th of No- 

 vember last. But this, unfortunately, is not the greatest loss to 

 Ornithologists we have to record: our friend Mr. Charles 

 John Andersson, who we had hoped would have shortly been 

 in a position to publish the work on the Ornithology of South- 

 western Africa, in behalf of which we some time ago endea- 

 voured to excite the support of our readers, died in the month of 

 July last, in Damara Land, whither he had returned to carry on 

 anew the researches necessary for his intended task. As an ardent 

 follower of our science and an accurate observer, this gentleman 

 had few equals ; and his early death, hastened, in all probability, 

 by the hardships and disasters which his zeal for discovery had 

 prompted him to undergo, leaves a blank not likely to be soon 

 filled. We have further to lament the death, on the 14th of 

 March, of another friend, M. Edguard Verreaux, of Paris, in his 

 younger days also an African explorer, but for many years widely 

 known and respected as the head of a commercial firm from which 

 ornithologists in all lands have received large benefits. Indeed 

 the "Maison Verreaux," under the able superintendence of its late 

 chief and his brother, had justly attained a reputation far beyond 

 that of any establishment of the like kind in any country. Finally 

 we have to mention the recent decease, at a very advanced age, of 

 the agreeable author of the ' Gleanings in Natural History,' and 

 many other similar works — Mr. Edward Jesse. Though this 

 gentleman, it may be said, had no claim to a place among 

 scientific zoologists, yet the attractive character of his writings, 

 especially to the young, has probably been the means of turning 

 the attention of many persons to the study of Natural History ; 

 and accordingly his death should not pass unnoticed here. 



