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of briiithological matters as well as advice, and tliis corres- 

 pondence he continued, writing always kindly and always 

 helpfully. The last letter was dated 4th May of this year. 



On the many occasions when I had the privilege of being 

 his guest at Odiham, ornithological excursions were always 

 arranged for, and my first acquaintance of Great Crested 

 Grebes was made under his guidance. 



In the space allowed to me it is impossible to say all that 

 I could wish. Those who have been helped and encouraged 

 as much as I have been by Mr. Sclater, and they are many, 

 will know without the telling what a real friend he was ; his 

 great store of knowleJge was always at the disposal of those 

 who asked for it, and whoever went to him for advice found 

 that it was always freely given and was the best obtainable. 

 It is impossible for me to express how deeply I feel his loss. 



Michael J. Nicoll. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY, 



A small pamphlet of 32 pages printed for private distri- 

 bution in 1876 and entitled '^ List of the Zoological Works 

 and Memoirs of P. L. Sclater, 1850-75," contains the titles 

 of 512 separate works and papers published in various 

 periodicals. 



Subsequently, in 1896, there was prepared under the 

 direction of Dr. G. Brown Goode and published as ''Bulletin 

 of the United States National Museum, No. 49," a ''Biblio- 

 graphy of the published writings of Philip Lutley Sclater, 

 r.lv.S., Secretary of the Zoological Society of London." 



This last-named work contains a biographical sketch with 

 portrait, list of new families, genera and species described, 

 as well as the bibliography proper in which 1287 titles are 

 enumerated. 



The present list of titles is restricted to those dealing 

 with ornithology, and is intended to contain only those 

 papers and separate works of more or less permanent interest. 

 It is based on the two previously mentioned bibliographies 

 and is brought up to date. It contains 582 titles in all, 

 ranging from 1844 to 1913, a period of sixty years. 



