4'j Obituary Notices of Fellows deceased. 



Mr. Hincks was a most successful and laborious gardener. Indeed, no 

 natural object, from the simplest wild flower to the passing cloud, 

 failed to delight him." 



His two books, the ' History of British Hydroid Zoophytes ' (1868) 

 and the 'History of British Marine Polyzoa' (1880), are well known 

 to all students of marine zoology. They incorporate the best system- 

 atic knowledge of the age with respect to these large and difficult 

 groups. Hincks was most careful and lucid in description, skilful in 

 drawing, well read, diligent, and candid. Though description and 

 systematic arrangement were his strong points, he was keen to appre- 

 ciate the work of others in minute anatomy, embryology, and allied 

 studies which he did not himself regularly pursue. During the pre- 

 paration of his larger works he published many papers on special 

 forms of Hydrozoa and Polyzoa, chiefly in the ' Annals and Maga- 

 zine of Natural History.' Collected sets of these opuscula (1894) are 

 to be found in public libraries. An index, with additions, was pub- 

 lished in 1895. His collections are chiefly preserved in the British 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Mr. Hincks was a generous and disinterested friend. He had 

 nothing of the selfishness of the baser sort of collectors, but would put 

 a fellow student on the track of some natural history prize which he 

 had just discovered. In every relation of life he was estimable. His 

 amiable disposition, his lively conversation, his faithful services in his 

 chosen profession as well as in that branch of natural history which, 

 though at first a mere bye-pursuit, became in the end a serious part of 

 his life-work, will never be forgotten by those who enjoyed his friend- 

 ship. 



L. C. M. 



