Obituary. 623 
« 8 ad. Crown and hind-neck orange-rufous ; back and 
rump slate-grey, upper tail-coverts slaty-black. Quills slate- 
coloured, the edges of the outer webs slightly paler, those of 
the imner ones whitish-brown. Rectrices orange-rufous, 
middle pair with the apical third and the borders of the 
outer webs slaty-black. Lores, and a broad stripe under the 
eyes and encircling the throat, black ; throat white. Feathers 
below the black circle, as well as those on the sides of the 
throat and body, slaty-grey ; middle of the abdomen white. 
Under tail-coverts white with slate-grey edges. Thighs 
greyish. ‘Iris russet; bill slate-black ; feet pinkish-buff,’ 
Wing about 79-81 mm., tail about 52-56, metatarsus 27, 
culmen 16-165.” 
The female was shot on July 15th, and may be described 
as follows :— 
? ad. Upper surface olive-brown, slightly more rufescent 
on the ferehead and upper tail-coverts. Quills dark brown, 
edged with the colour of the back, rectrices similar, but 
slightly more brownish. Inner edges of the quills pale 
brownish. Under surface white, sides olivaceous, chest 
tinged with buff, feathers of the throat and breast fringed 
with olive-brown, thus producing a mottled or almost scaly 
appearance. Under tail-coverts edged with olive-brown. 
Wing 79 mm. 
The female of LZ. davidi is nearly similar to that of L. rufi- 
ceps, but above of a deeper olive, with the upper tail-coverts 
more rufescent. 
XXX VI.— Obituary. 
Professor Atrrep Newron, F.R.S., and 
Mr. Cuarztes Aucustus WRriGHT. 
I.—A.urrep NEwron. 
Dearn has been busy of late amongst the original members 
of the British Ornithologists’ Union. Not to mention the 
name of Osbert Salvin, whom we lost some nine years ago, 
we do not forget the recent deaths of Edward Cavendish 
Taylor and Henry Baker Tristram; and now we have to 
