OBITÜARY. 



Death has beeil terribly busv amongsfc tbe menibers o£ tbo 

 Permanent International Ornithological Committee, and Orni- 

 tbologists generallj, all over Europe. 



Immediately after tbe Congress, on June tbe 23rd, 1905, 

 Dr. W. T. Blanford, one of tbe foremost ornitbologists o£ 

 England, passed away, aged 72. (Obituarj, see ' Ibis,' 190."), 

 p. Gi3.) 



Captain F. W. Hütton came to England as Delegate oE tbe 

 Aiistralian Ornithological Union, of wbicb he was President. 

 Illness, however, prevented bis attending tbe meetings of tbo 

 (/ongress, and he died at sea diiring bis voyage bome to 

 Australia, 69 years old. (' Tbe Emu,' v. p. 178.) 



Professor Dr. Emile Oustalet died on October 23rd, 1905. 

 He was tbe Delegate of tbe Fiencb Government at tbe Orni- 

 thological Congresses in Vienna, Budapest, and London, and 

 tbe President ot tbe Tbird Congress in Paris, 1900. (Obituary : 

 Orn. Monatsber. 190(), p. 57.) 



Hofiat Dr. Paul Leyerkühn, Director of tbe Scientific 

 Institutes and Piivate Secretary to His Majesty tbe King of 

 Bulgaria, died at Sophia on December 5tb, 1905, at tbe ago 

 of 39. He was a member of tbe Second, Tbird, and Fonrtb 

 Ornithological Congresses. (See Ornitb. Monatsschrift, 190G, 

 p. 164.) 



Professor Dr. Jean Cabams died on February 21st, 1906, 

 a few days before bis 90th birthday. Cabanis has been called 

 tbe founder of scientific ornithology in Germany, and he 

 founded and published for half a Century tbe 'Journal für 

 Ornithologie.' (For füll obituary, see Journ. £. Orn. 1906, 

 p. 329.) 



Canon Henry Baker Tristram died on March 8th, 1906, 

 " füll of age and bonours," in his 83rd year. He was one of 

 tbe founders of tbe British Ornitbologists' Union and a justly 

 celebrated ornitbologist. (See ' Ibis,' 1906, p. 602.) 



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