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on the subject of the determination of Irish birds and plants. His 

 "List of Irish Birds" (1885) and the " Cybele Hibemica" (published 

 in conjunction with Dr. David Moore in 1866) may be regarded as 

 types of the kind of work in which he excelled ; careful and accurate 

 studies furnishing an admirable basis for the future progress of scien- 

 tific investigation in these branches of knowledge. 



In 1867 Mr. More was appointed Assistant in the Natural History 

 Museum, Dublin^ and in 1881, on the death of Dr. Carte, he was 

 appointed Curator of the I^atural History Department of the Museum 

 of Science and Art, a post which he occupied till his retirement from 

 ill health in 1887. His labours in immediate connexion with the 

 Academy were confin.ed to the preparation of Reports on the Flora of 

 Ireland, which appear in the Proceedings^ Royal Irish Academy^ 

 Second Series, vol. ii., p. 256 sqq., and p. 553 sqq. The Academy 

 elected him a Member of its Council in 1883, which he continued 

 to be until his retirement, from ill health, in 1887. 



In the death of V. Eall (born 1843, died 1895) the Academy has 

 lost one of its most respected Members, and one of its most zealous 

 friends. The great change in the removal of the priceless Antiquarian 

 treasures from the Academy House, to the new Science and Art 

 Museum, could not have been effected under a Director more acquainted 

 with their value, or more kindly disposed to the body that had con- 

 sented to their deposit in the new building. The direction of a great 

 Museum was a field peculiarly fitted to Dr. Ball's wide experience, 

 gained in no mere library study, but in the course of a life of constant 

 and varied labour. His appointment on the Geological Survey of 

 India, in 1864, introduced him into a wide sphere of opportunities, of 

 which he was prompt to take advantage, as his numerous writings 

 prove. Tor not only were his special duties as Geological Surveyor 

 performed in a manner that steadily increased his reputation, but his 

 keen trained eyes enabled him to utilize his rare opportunities in many 

 other spheres of knowledge ; he devoted much attention to the birds of 

 India, wrote much and well on the multifarious products of the jungle, 

 and attracted the notice and interest of students of anthropology by his 

 observations on the characteristics and peculiarities of the native tribes 

 of India with whom he came into contact, and with whom he was 

 specially fitted to deal by his promptness and resourcefulness in action, 

 and by his warm and constant sympathy. His more especial work as a 



