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beautiful little Sun-bird Anthobaphes violacea; the cock 

 was sitting on a shrub and the hen flitting about the bushes, 

 whence she readily flew to ber nest as we watched her. It 

 was an oval shell composed of bents and the like, and was 

 not yet lined. Saxicolu familiaris was seen upon the higher 

 mountain-slopes and Laniarius ferrugineus was heard in the 

 Skeleton Gorge. 



We left South Africa by the 'Armadale Castle' on Sep- 

 tember 20th with much regret, and had a most delightful 

 homeward journey, though uneventful with regard to birds, 

 except for the fact that we were bringing home two examples 

 of Gyps kolbii and a pen of Spheniscus demersus, which were 

 crammed by hand with fish and throve well. A small Petrel 

 was caught on board, but disappeared before I could see it; 

 and near Madeira a specimen of Mutacilla rail visited us on 

 its autumnal migration. The other birds observed did not 

 differ from those seen on the outward voyage. 



In conclusion, I wish again to draw attention to the fact 

 that this article contains but an account of the birds observed 

 in a somewhat hurried winter-journey, and will not, of course, 

 bear comparison with the excellent results obtained by our 

 energetic fellow-workers on the spot, who will, nevertheless, 

 I hope, be glad to learn the impression made by the Avifauna 

 of their country upon an appreciative visitor. 



XXII.— Obituary. 



Capt. F. W. Hutton, Dr. Emile Oustalet, Dr. Paul 

 Leverkuhn, and Sir Robert Lloyd Patterson. 



Capt. Frederick William Hutton, one of the most dis- 

 tinguished of our Colonial Men of Science, who was in 

 London last summer, but, in consequence of indifferent 

 health, did not see many of his old friends, died on his way 

 back to New Zealand on the 27th of October last. His 

 name is well known in the scientific world as the Curator of 

 the Museum at Christchurch, New Zealand, and as President 

 of the New Zealand Institute. Captain Hutton, the second 



