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 NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



REV. O. PICKARD CAMBRIDGE.' 



Mr. Wm. Falconer writes : ' Of commanding height 

 (standing well over six feet) and genial presence, the Rev. 

 O. Pickard Cambridge, whose death was briefly recorded in 

 our last issue (p. 176), was a familiar figure in Dorset, having 

 been rector of Bloxworth for 49 years. His interest in spiders 

 began so long ago as the days of Westwood, Blackwall and 



Meade. In the course of his long and eminent services to 

 British Arachnology, he originally named and described nearly 

 one quarter of the species on the now corrected British list, 

 and by corresponding and exchanging specimens with foreign 

 naturalists established the identity of such of our spiders as 

 were known on the Continent under other names, and at the 

 same time ascertained their correct nomenclature. Latterly, 

 owing to his advanced age, he had been unable to do any 

 outdoor work, but continued his annual reports on the Arach- 

 nida, the last published in 1914 giving ample proof of unabated 

 mental vigour. His collection, the most complete as regards 

 British species, is bequeathed to the Hope Museum, Oxford 

 University, his Alma Mater.' 



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