

THE ZOOLOGIGAL SOCIETY. 53 



The first scientific meeting that occurred after his death was 

 adjourned as a mark of respect ; and at the monthly General 

 Meeting immediately following it was unanimously resolved : 



That this meeting deeply lament the announcement which has been 

 made in the Report of the death of the late Secretary, Mr. Edward Turner 

 Bennett ; and they desire to record their deep sense of the loss which the 

 Society and science have sustained in the decease of so excellent and 

 amiable a man. 



Bennett was succeeded by Yarrell, who held office for two 

 years, when he was compelled to resign owing to his business 

 engagements. His services to the Society, from its foundation 

 till his death, thirty years later, can hardly be overrated. In 

 accepting his resignation the Council spoke in high terms of 

 his zoological attainments and the general acquaintance with 

 business details which enabled him " to fill the responsible office 

 of Secretary in a manner equally creditable to himself and 

 advantageous to the Society." 



The Rev. John Barlow then became Secretary, and was 

 followed in 1839 by Ogilby, who retained the post till 1847, and 

 was the last Honorary Secretary. 



In 1833 Gould was appointed Superintendent of the ornitho- 

 logical department of the Museum, over which he presided for four 

 years, when he resigned in order to go to Australia in search of 

 material for his great work on the birds of the island continent. 

 He did not, however, leave England till the following year ; and 

 before embarking wrote thus to the Council : 



With regard to the Society's ornithological collection, as I have at all 

 times taken a great interest in it, and have ever done my utmost to increase 

 its value, I hope that on my return to England, I may be allowed to resume 

 the care of it, should I be desirous of so doing. 



To this application a favourable reply was sent, and Gould 

 was elected a Corresponding Member of the Society.^ On that 

 occasion the Council recorded their sense of the great scientific 

 value of his work, and expressed the earnest hope that his 

 present undertaking might be crowned with that success which 

 had hitherto accompanied his efforts. 



On his return, however, he did not take up his old duties, 



* Gould took up the Fellowship in 1840, and was afterwards a Member of 

 Council and Vice-President. 



