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Heatley Noble. 



Heatley Noble, who died at his house. Temple Combe, 

 near Henley-on-Thames, on 22 ]\Iarch last, was a well- 

 known sportsman and oologist. He was elected a member 

 of the Union in 1895, and resigned in 1910. 



Noble was born in London 4 June, 1862, and was the 

 tliird son of the late Jolm Noble, of Park Place, Remeuham, 

 Berkshire. He was a salmon-fisher, a deer-stalker, and one 

 of the best shots at Grouse or driven Pheasants in the 

 United Kingdom. He accumulated an immense collection 

 of Pakearctic eggs, which he sold many years ago, and then 

 commenced another one of his own taking. For this pur- 

 pose he travelled extensively to Iceland, Scandinavia, Spain, 

 and Uruguay. He prepared a List of European Birds, 

 which was published in 1898, and compiled the ornitho- 

 logical section of the Victoria Countv History of Berkshire. 

 He also sent various sliort notices to the Bulletin of the 

 B. O. C, the 'Zoologist,' and ' British Birds.' 



William Palmer. * 



The death of William Palmer, which occurred on 22 April 

 last year, deprived the American Ornithologists' Union of a 

 Fellow of long standing, and the United States oi: an excel- 

 lent and talented ornithologist and taxidermist. 



Palmer was born at Penge in south Loudon in 1856. His 

 father, Joseph Palmer, was a skilful taxidermist and modeller 

 in plaster, and was engaged for many years with the 

 late Prof. B. AVaterhouse Hawkins in making the gigantic 

 models of extinct saurian and other monsters which adorned 

 the gardens of the Crystal Palace in former days. Prof. 

 Hawkins received a commission to execute a similar set of 

 casts for Central Park in New York, and in 1868 he went 

 to America accompanied by Joseph Palmer and his son. 

 Both father and sou subsequently entered the service of the 

 United States National Museum at Washington. Young 

 Palmer soon became the chief taxidermist of the Museum, 

 and was one of the pioneers of the great development of that 



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