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national Ornithological Congress at Budapest in 1891. 
The article ‘‘ Ornithology” is Newton’s very own and 
embodies in a most condensed form the results of his long 
experience. ‘That there still remained a touch of caustic in 
the author can be inferred from a note in the Introduction, 
where he expresses a hope that persons indifferent to the 
pleasures of Natural History may find in it (7.e. in the 
Dictionary) some corrections to the erroneous impressions 
commonly conveyed by sciolists posing as instructors. 
The ‘Ootheca Wolleyana’ has been justly described as a 
monumental work, since, as the editor and joint-author 
remarks, it is largely a record of ancient friendships. It 
may be safely asserted that none but the late editor pos- 
sessed the knowledge to undertake or the perseverance to 
execute this enormous compendium of oological research. 
The whole of the huge Wolley collection of Birds’ Eges had 
devolved upon him, and this, in conjunction with his own 
accumulations of over half a century, he presented in his 
lifetime to the. University of Cambridge. 
Hitherto we have regarded Newton mainly as an orni- 
thologist, but we must also consider him in the more 
extended domain of zoology, bearing in mind that he 
occupied that chair at Cambridge for a period of forty-one 
years. From early days he evineed considerable interest 
in the anatomy of vertebrates, and especially in osteology, 
which he certainly was very competent to teach. 
One of the most distinguished of his many pupils says of 
him: “ As to his lectures, these, despite the fact that he was 
to a great extent a specialist in ornithology, covered a very 
wide field, in which, however, the systematic and dis- 
tributional aspects of the subject loomed large.” His paper 
(1862) before the Cambridge Philosophical Society, of which 
body he was a Vice-President at the time of his death, on the 
“ Zoology of Ancient Europe,’ shewed his grasp of locality ; 
and indeed he had at all times a most extensive acquaintance 
with geography. Moreover, he was very facile with the 
pencil, and this helped him materially in demonstration. 
His ‘ Manual of Zoology’ is said to enjoy a good reputation, 
end a second edition was issued in 1894. 
In close connexion with his professional duties was his 
