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  skins 
  obtained 
  on 
  this 
  occasion 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  England^ 
  and 
  

   described 
  by 
  tlie 
  Editor 
  of 
  this 
  Jonrnal 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  ' 
  

   of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society"^, 
  Amongst 
  these 
  a 
  fine 
  novelty 
  

   was 
  a 
  new 
  three-toed 
  Flamingo, 
  which 
  was 
  dedicated 
  to 
  James 
  

   as 
  Phoenicojiterus 
  jamesi. 
  

  

  Again, 
  in 
  1889, 
  James, 
  acting 
  on 
  the 
  Editor^s 
  suggestion, 
  

   sent 
  out 
  another 
  collector, 
  Mr. 
  Ambrose 
  A. 
  Lane, 
  to 
  explore 
  

   various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Chilian 
  Republic. 
  Mr. 
  Lane 
  first 
  visited 
  

   Tarapacat, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  several 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  

   provinces, 
  but 
  was 
  forced 
  to 
  return 
  home 
  before 
  his 
  work 
  

   was 
  accomplished 
  by 
  the 
  outbreak 
  of 
  the 
  Chilian 
  revolution. 
  

  

  James 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  from 
  

   his 
  boyhood, 
  and 
  took 
  the 
  keenest 
  interest 
  in 
  collecting 
  and 
  

   observing 
  birds. 
  He 
  was 
  also 
  an 
  excellent 
  horseman 
  and 
  

   ardently 
  fond 
  of 
  outdoor 
  sports. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  

   Linnean, 
  Zoological, 
  and 
  Royal 
  Geographical 
  Societies, 
  and 
  

   was 
  elected 
  a 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Ornithologists^ 
  Union 
  

   in 
  1886. 
  He 
  died 
  at 
  his 
  home 
  in 
  Surrey 
  on 
  the 
  22nd 
  July, 
  

   1892. 
  All 
  his 
  collections 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Robert 
  W. 
  Shufeldt. 
  — 
  With 
  much 
  regret 
  we 
  see 
  recorded 
  

   in 
  the 
  last 
  number 
  of 
  ' 
  The 
  Auk 
  ' 
  the 
  death 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  age 
  

   of 
  Robert 
  W. 
  Shufeldt, 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  our 
  much-esteemed 
  friend 
  

   and 
  contributor 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name. 
  Mr. 
  Shufeldt 
  was 
  a 
  

   student 
  of 
  Marietta 
  Academy, 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  was 
  Taxidermist 
  and 
  

   Collector 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum 
  of 
  Marietta 
  College. 
  

   This 
  enthusiastic 
  young 
  savant, 
  of 
  unusual 
  promise, 
  was 
  

   accidentally 
  drowned 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  near 
  Marietta, 
  on 
  July 
  

   11th 
  last, 
  whilst 
  on 
  a 
  collecting 
  trip 
  for 
  birds 
  for 
  his 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  " 
  List 
  of 
  a 
  Collection 
  of 
  Birds 
  from 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Tarapaca, 
  

   Northern 
  Chili,'' 
  by 
  P. 
  L. 
  Sclater 
  (P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1886, 
  p. 
  395). 
  

  

  t 
  See 
  article 
  '' 
  On 
  a 
  second 
  Collection 
  of 
  Birds 
  from 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  

   Tarapaca, 
  Northern 
  Chili," 
  by 
  P. 
  L. 
  Sclater 
  (P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1891, 
  p. 
  131). 
  

  

  