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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  EDITORIAL 
  GLEANINGS. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  Gestro, 
  of 
  Genoa, 
  an 
  excellent 
  and 
  

   sympathetic 
  biographical 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Leonardo 
  Pea, 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  

   April 
  of 
  last 
  year. 
  Fea 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  1852. 
  Originally 
  destined 
  for 
  the 
  

   profession 
  " 
  del 
  padre," 
  he 
  early 
  imbibed 
  a 
  love 
  of 
  natural 
  history, 
  

   especially 
  entomology, 
  and 
  made 
  several 
  well-known 
  zoological 
  ex- 
  

   peditions. 
  Of 
  these 
  he 
  will 
  always 
  be 
  remembered 
  by 
  his 
  travels 
  in 
  

   Burma. 
  The 
  " 
  Viaggio 
  di 
  L. 
  Fea 
  in 
  Birmania 
  e 
  regioni 
  vicine 
  " 
  has 
  

   now 
  been 
  recognized 
  by 
  zoologists 
  as 
  a 
  classical 
  expedition 
  which 
  

   resulted 
  in 
  immense 
  contributions 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  

   tbat 
  region, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Gestro 
  contributes 
  tbe 
  titles 
  of 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   fifteen 
  papers 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  by 
  specialists 
  on 
  the 
  material 
  

   then 
  collected, 
  which 
  comprised 
  examples 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  dominant 
  orders 
  of 
  

   animal 
  life. 
  In 
  the 
  tropics 
  he 
  never 
  spared 
  himself, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  

   heard 
  from 
  Indian 
  residents 
  how 
  lightly 
  he 
  regarded 
  fatigue 
  and 
  

   danger. 
  He 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  roll 
  of 
  zoological 
  pioneers 
  commencing 
  

   with 
  Bates 
  and 
  Wallace, 
  and 
  at 
  present 
  terminating 
  with 
  Doherty 
  

   and 
  Fea. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Bedale 
  country 
  comes 
  an 
  interesting 
  story 
  of 
  a 
  litter 
  of 
  

   Black 
  Foxes 
  — 
  a 
  most 
  unusual 
  occurrence. 
  They 
  are 
  upon 
  the 
  estate 
  

   which 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Cleveland, 
  a 
  mighty 
  hunter. 
  

   This 
  remarkable 
  freak 
  of 
  nature 
  reminds 
  one 
  (says 
  the 
  ' 
  Daily 
  Dispatch 
  ') 
  

   of 
  the 
  old 
  superstition 
  that 
  to 
  run 
  a 
  black 
  Fox 
  is 
  almost 
  certain 
  death 
  

   to 
  those 
  who 
  follow 
  in 
  the 
  chase. 
  — 
  Norfolk 
  Weekly 
  Standard; 
  Oct. 
  22ml 
  

   1904. 
  

  

  