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  Letters, 
  Extracts, 
  Notices, 
  i^'c. 
  

  

  was 
  of 
  much 
  service 
  to 
  them 
  iu 
  superintending 
  the 
  packing 
  

   and 
  transmission 
  from 
  Singapore 
  to 
  England, 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  

   of 
  1889, 
  of 
  the 
  only 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  Gaur 
  {Bos 
  gauriis) 
  

   that 
  has 
  ever 
  reached 
  Europe 
  alive. 
  

  

  ]\Ir. 
  Hume, 
  to 
  whom 
  we 
  are 
  indebted 
  for 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  

   particulars 
  of 
  Davison's 
  life, 
  speaks 
  of 
  him 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  a 
  

   thorough 
  gentleman, 
  most 
  upright 
  and 
  steady 
  in 
  all 
  matters 
  

   of 
  business, 
  but 
  always 
  rather 
  delicate 
  in 
  health. 
  His 
  train- 
  

   ing 
  as 
  an 
  analytical 
  chemist 
  had 
  given 
  him 
  a 
  nicety 
  and 
  

   delicacy 
  of 
  touch 
  such 
  as 
  few 
  men, 
  and 
  not 
  many 
  women, 
  

   can 
  boast 
  of. 
  The 
  '' 
  make 
  '' 
  of 
  his 
  bird-skins 
  was 
  excellent, 
  

   as 
  most 
  ornithologists 
  know. 
  He 
  was 
  an 
  accomplished 
  lin- 
  

   guist, 
  and 
  could 
  speak 
  Hindustani, 
  Tamil, 
  Burmese, 
  and 
  Malay 
  

   fluently. 
  Davison 
  was 
  always 
  kind 
  to 
  the 
  natives 
  and 
  managed 
  

   them 
  thoroughly 
  well 
  ; 
  the 
  native 
  shikaris 
  and 
  skinners 
  who 
  

   were 
  sent 
  with 
  him 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hume 
  usually 
  became 
  much 
  

   attached 
  to 
  him 
  and 
  served 
  him 
  faithfully. 
  In 
  Davison 
  we 
  

   have 
  lost 
  beforc 
  his 
  time 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  active 
  and 
  successful 
  

   bird-coUectoi's 
  of 
  the 
  epoch. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  know, 
  Davison's 
  published 
  articles 
  were 
  only 
  

   five 
  in 
  number, 
  namely 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  A 
  Revised 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Tenasserim. 
  By 
  A. 
  O. 
  

  

  Hume 
  and 
  W. 
  Davison. 
  Stray 
  Feathers, 
  vi. 
  p. 
  1 
  (1878). 
  

  

  (2) 
  Letter 
  from, 
  containing 
  descriptions 
  of 
  Trochalopterum 
  

   cinnamomeum 
  an^ 
  Merula 
  erythrotis. 
  Ibis, 
  1886, 
  p. 
  203. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Notes 
  on 
  some 
  Birds 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  Nilghiris 
  and 
  in 
  

  

  parts 
  of 
  Wynaad 
  and 
  Southern 
  Mysore. 
  Stray 
  Feathers, 
  

   X. 
  p. 
  329 
  (1887). 
  

  

  (4) 
  Letter 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Travancore. 
  Ibis, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  146. 
  

  

  (5) 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Birds 
  from 
  the 
  

   Eastern 
  Coast 
  of 
  the 
  Malayan 
  Peninsula. 
  Ibis, 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  99. 
  

  

  A 
  good 
  portrait 
  of 
  Davison 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  

   volume 
  of 
  Oates's 
  edition 
  of 
  Hume's 
  ' 
  Nests 
  and 
  Eggs 
  of 
  

   Indian 
  Birds,' 
  published 
  in 
  1890. 
  

  

  