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mittee, and Dr. Farquharson secretary and treasurer. 

 Subscriptions were readily obtained from relations of 

 Professor MacGillivray, all now abroad, from former 

 students in his classes and from others ; and the object 

 for which the committee was appointed has now been 

 attained. 1 



The memorial is of a double character. A 

 monument has been erected at MacGillivray's grave 

 and a mural memorial tablet has been placed in 

 Marischal College, Aberdeen. 



The monument consists of a large slab of Peter- 

 head red granite with an lona cross in a setting of 

 Celtic scroll work cut in the upper part of its face, 

 while a bronze relief of an eagle has been inserted in 

 the centre compartment of a Celtic arcade ornament 

 on its lower part. The middle of the stone, which, 

 with the cross, alone is polished, contains the following 

 inscription : " In memory of William MacGillivray, 

 M.A., LL.D., born 1796, died 1852, author of a 

 History of British Birds and other standard works 

 in Natural Science ; Professor of Natural History and 

 Lecturer on Botany in Marischal College and Uni- 

 versity from 1841 to 1852. Erected in 1900, together 

 with a memorial brass in Marischal College, Aberdeen, 

 by his relatives and surviving students, who affection- 

 ately cherish his memory, and by others desirous of 

 doing honour to his character as a man and to his 

 eminence as a naturalist." The entire memorial both 

 stone and bronze is a piece of fine artistic work, and 



1 See a list of the subscribers at the end of this volume. 



