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Sir William Jardine’s “ Contributions to as trap testify. 
His principal work, however, on this su bject, and the which will 
give him a place amongst the classical writers on the. “ornithology of 
this country, is devoted to the history of the Do 
Although as a zoologist, ornithology was his strong point, Mr. Strick- 
land had an extensive knowledge of the various classes of organized 
beings. Thus, several of his papers were devoted to accounts of the 
Mollusca, both recent and fossil, in various districts. One of his papers 
ers 
will see wae “ On the Peculiarities of a Form of Sponge (Hali- 
chondria sabere 
Mr. Strickland ‘paid a large share of attention to the terminology of 
natural history,—and was the reporter of a Committee appointed by the 
British Association to consider of the rules by which the athananer sig 
of zoology might be established on a uniform and permanent is. 
These rules were principally drawn up by him; and they have since © 
their publication been very generally acted on,—and have contributed 
greatly to simplify Natural History nomenclatur 
The general principles of classification could hardly fail to interest a 
mind so discursive as his,—and, abuonhngly, we find him at various 
times publishing on this subject. 
It must be obvious, that the labors ” which we have alluded imply 
an immense amount of industry,—but in the midst of alt his practical 
titled ** Bibliographia Zoologiz et Geologie.”” Three volumes of this 
great work ‘are published,——and the fourth and last is now in the hands 
of the printer. Mr. Strickland’s labor here was not merely that of edit- 
ing-—it embraced the contribution of a large mahe of additional matter, 
amounting to a third ora fourth of the whole. 
On the occurrence of the illness of Dr. rekehd, and his scm gag 
from the duties of the chair of geology at Oxford,—e —-every one felt the 
propriety of inviting Mr. Strickland to deliver lectures’ in hts place. 
Though youeg ait so important a post, and with a reputation in other 
departm of science, he was found able to sustain the fame of his 
predcotancr in hia brought to bear with great advantage the stores 
of his varied knowledge upon a science which is always susceptible of 
influence and maplicestion from the principles of other departments va 
all testify to Mr. Strickland’s phyeat as a wie ologist. 
In several of the geological papers, Mr. Strickland’s name is connect- 
ed with that of Sir R. I. Murchison :—especially in a work on “* The 
Geology of Cheltenham and its neighborhood.” He assisted Sir Rod- 
, 
and the proof-sheets of his new work on Siluria all passed through Mr. 
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