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ten 3'ears in New Guinea exploring and developing the 

 resources of the country. He was subsequently Governor 

 of Lagos, of Newfoundland, and of Queensland, and retired 

 in 1914 to settle in Scotland. 



During his services in New Guinea Sir William made 

 many journeys into the interior and explored the Owen 

 Stanley range and Mounts Maneao and Scratchley. He 

 made large collections of birds, which were sent to the 

 Queensland Museum at Brisbane, where they were described 

 by Mr. C. W. De Vis, partly in the Reports of the Museum 

 and partly in the pages of ^The Ibis ' between 1891 and 

 1897. Among many other wonderful discoveries were 

 Cnemopkilus macyregorii., figured on plate x. of ' The Ibis ' 

 for 1891, a new Paradise-bird from the Owen Stanley 

 mountains ; Loria ntai'ue, named after Lady Macgregor, 

 from Mount Maneao, and figured on plate viii. of ' The 

 Ibis ' for 1895 ; Macgregoria jmlchra, another Paradise- 

 bird from Mount Scratchley, also figured in ' The Ibis ' 

 on plate vii. of the volume for 1897. 



Another remarkable form, Paramythia rnontium, described 

 by De Vis and figured in 'The Ibis^ (1893, pi. vii.), was 

 first obtained by Sir William in the Musgrave range. Its 

 affinities appear to be near the Starlings, but it is now 

 generally placed in a family by itself. 



Sir William Macgregor will always be remembered as the 

 great pioneer of the exploration of the interior of New Guinea. 

 Personally one of the most learned and modest of men, his 

 feats of daring and endurance will long be remembered by 

 those who had the good fortune to be associated with him 

 in New Guinea and elsewhere. 



Francis Richard Salisbury Baxi'XDai.e. 



It is with deep regret that wc record the death of 

 Mr. F. R. S. Baxendale, Commissioner of Larnaca, Cyprus, 

 and well known to readers of ' The Ibis ' for his contribu- 

 tions to the ornithology of that island. He was born on the 

 6th of September, 1860, at Maidstone, and was the eldest 

 son of Richard Baxcndalc, Vicar of Willington. The church 



