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accumulated in his memory. The • Cybele Hibernica' was then published, 

 and well supplied a long-felt want. Mr. More is at present engaged 

 on a new edition of that valuable work. In 1867 Mr. More was appointed 

 as Assistant in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, and the pages of 

 'The Zoologist' and 'Ibis,' and other journals testify to his activity in 

 investigating the Flora and Fauna of Ireland. A few of his more important 

 additions to the Fauna may be here noted: — In company with Mr. Wm. 

 Andrews he found the first Irish specimens of Montagu's Blenny, Blemiius 

 galerita, at Dingle and Connemara (' Zoologist,' 1878, p. 297j. In 1875 

 he summarised what was known concerning the occurrence of gigantic 

 Squids in Ireland ('Zoologist,' 1875, pp. 4526 and 4569). The form from 

 Boffin Island which he identified as Architeuthis dux and the one he 

 described as Dinoteut/ds pmboscideus, u. g. and sp., have since been recog- 

 nised by Verrill as being specimens of ^4. tnonachiis. In 1881 (Zool. p. 834) 

 the Dusky Shearwater, Ptiffiims yriseus, from Co. Kerry and Falco islandus 

 from BelmuUet (p. 488) were added to the Irish list. He recorded the Cape 

 Pigeon, Daption capensis, as a straggler in Co. Dublin in 1882 (' Ibis '), but 

 has now some doubt as to the honesty of his informant. The Spinous Shark, 

 Echinorhynchus spinosus, was first recognised by Mr. More as Irish, 

 from the Dublin coast (Zool. 1882, p. 434), and again from Galway Bay 

 (Zool. 1885, p. 311). In 1885 he certified to the occurrence of the Wood 

 Sandpiper in Wicklow (Zool. p. 438). In 1885 Mr. More completed 'A 

 List of Irish Birds, showing the Species contained in the Science and Art 

 Museum, Dublin," this being the first of a series of official Guides pub- 

 lished by the Museum. This year he produced ' A Guide to the Mammals 

 and Birds of the Museum. On several occasions Mr. More has made 

 dredging excursions to various parts of the coast of Ireland, the results of 

 which may be seen in the above Museum. A list of his published notes 

 and papers, or an examination of the Museum under his charge, would not 

 give a complete view of the activity of his mind. His numerous friends 

 and correspondents can tell of his readiness to impart information and to 

 suggest lines of enquiry. His critical knowledge of British plants and 

 birds was continually being tested by local naturalists, and not a few of the 

 papers recently published on the Flora and Ornithology of Ireland owe 

 their origin or their value to his ability. Mr. M ore's large circle of friends 

 will be pleased to learn that, although no longer connected with the Museum, 

 he will still continue to reside in Dublin ; and his house, like his room in 

 the Museum in the past, will we hope continue for many years to be the 

 rendezvous of all those interested in Irish Natural Historv. 



