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wanted only three clays of completing his 44th year. After 

 studying Medical Sciences at the Universities of Berlin, 

 Vienna, and Munich, Parrot obtained the degree of M.D.in 

 1894, and settled as a medical doctor in the latter city. 

 From his earliest youth he professed a strong taste for 

 Natural History, especially Ornithology, and all of his spare 

 time was given to his favourite science. In 1897, Carl 

 Parrot founded the " Ornithologische Verein Munchen," 

 which, a few years afterwards, was transformed into the 

 Ornithological Society of Bavaria, and he remained its 

 President up to the time of his decease. The main object 

 of this organization was the study of the distribution and 

 migration of birds in the Bavarian kingdom, although general 

 ornithological questions were by no means neglected, as may 

 be seen by referring to the various volumes of the ' Jalires- 

 bericht ' (later ' Verhandlungcn ') of that Society. It is 

 due to the untiring energy and never-ceasing interest of 

 Dr. Parrot that Bavaria is now provided with a staff of 

 nearly one thousand observers, by whom notices about the 

 ap])earance and movements of migratory birds are regulaily 

 sent in. In later years Parrot took considerable interest 

 in systematic Ornithology, devoting his studies principally 

 to the Palaearctic region. Besides, he published an important 

 memoir upon the birds of the Island of Banka and the Deli 

 district of Sumatra in the Transactions of the Bavarian 

 Academy of Sciences in 1907. The winter of 1909-10 he 

 spent in the Island of Corsica, whence he brought back a 

 considerable collection of birds. The re[)ort on the results 

 of his exertions is being published in von Tschusi^s ' Orni- 

 thologisches Jahrbuch.' Carl Parrot not only was a most 

 painstaking and accurate writer, but also a thoroughly 

 trained field-ornithologist, who knew how to find and how 

 to watch the birds in their haunts. His loss is mourned 

 by a widow and two infant children, as well as by many 

 friends, both at home and abroad. In the Ornithological 

 Society of Bavaria the premature death of Dr. Parrot creates 

 a blank which it will be impossible to fill. — C. E. H. 



