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THE LATE PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER. 



(Plate 2.)' 



We greatly regret to announce the death, on June 27th, 

 1913, as the result of a carriage accident, of Phihp 

 Lutley Sclater, D.Sc, F.R.S., at the age of eighty- 

 three years. The loss of so eminent an ornithologist 

 will be deeply felt by all bird-lovers, and by none more 

 than the Members of the British Ornithologists' Union, 

 and the British Ornithologists' Club. He was one of 

 the founders of the former, and the first Editor of its 

 Journal, The Ihis — a labour of love Avhich he undertook, 

 with only one break, until a year ago ; of the latter he 

 was Chairman from its institution, while he took the 

 greatest interest in its proceedings, and was seldom absent 

 from its meetings. As Secretary of the Zoological 

 Society from 1859 to 1902, animals in general became 

 his care, while his able conduct of the publications of the 

 Society and careful building up of its magnificent library, 

 will never be forgotten by zoologists. In this important 

 position he was able to exercise a great and beneficial 

 influence on the welfare of Zoology, and many a young 

 man has owed his start in life to Sclater's kindly assistance. 

 To all who apphed to him, his help was freely given in 

 the promptest and most efficient manner, and Science 

 owes him a deep debt of gratitude, as most of us have 

 reason to remember. Moreover, the loss will be felt — 

 not only in our country but abroad — by his many friends 

 and correspondents, and perhaps most of all in America, 

 with the avifauna of which he was so famiHar. 



As is well known, the special branch of the subject to 

 which Sclater devoted his earher years, was the study 

 of Central and South American birds, of which he made 

 a very fine collection, now in the British Museum. 

 Many of his writings of that time had reference to them, 

 and his volumes of the British Museum Catalogue dealt 

 with them alone. But our space will not allow us to 



