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mentioned ' The Origin & Metamorphosis of Insects ' (1874) r 

 ' On British Wild Flowers, considered in relation to Insects ' 

 (1875), ' The Senses, Instincts, & Intelligence of Animals,' 

 ' Chapters in Popular Natural History,' and the ' Monograph on 

 the Collembola & Thysanura.' 



In Geology he was not, and never professed to be, an original 

 observer, nor had he any technical training in that science further 

 than could be obtained by general and intelligent reading. Perhaps 

 the better for that reason he was able to produce what was wanted 

 by the man whose interest had been whetted, but who was averse to 

 taking too deep a plunge into geological sj)eculations. ' The Scenery 

 of Switzerland ' (1896), and < The Scenery of England ' (1902) , form 

 admirable introductions to the study of physical geography, and 

 haA r e each appealed to a large circle of readers by the charm 

 of their literary style and the beaut}' of the illustrations. His 

 earlier geological work included a paper, read in 1867 before our 

 Society, on the Parallel Roads of Grlenroy. In 1903 and 1905,. 

 again before our Society, he described briefly various experiments 

 in mountain -building, carried out on alternations of baize and 

 sand which were laid under compression in two directions at right 

 angles one to the other. In the former year he was selected by the 

 Council as the first recipient of the Prestwich Medal, then recently 

 established under the will of his old friend and companion in the 

 study of Prehistoric Man. 



Lord Avebuiy was elected into our Society in 1855, and served 

 four times on the Council. In 1S5S he was elected into the Royal 

 Society ; on seven occasions he was a member of their Council, and 

 on three of these he was nominated a Vice-President. He became 

 a Trustee of the British Museum in 1878, and from the first inter- 

 ested himself keenly in the development of the Natural History 

 branch. As further proof of the respect in which he was held, it 

 may be recalled that he was elected President of the British Associ- 

 ation in its jubilee year, and at various times presided over the 

 Entomological, Ethnological, Linnean, Statistical, African, and Ray 

 Societies, the Anthropological Institute, the International Associ- 

 ation for Prehistoric Archaeology, the International Association of 

 Zoology, and the International Library Association. He received 

 honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Edinburgh, and 

 St. Andrew's Universities, Mas a recipient of the Prussian Order 

 1 Pour le Merite,' and a Commander of the Legion of Honour. 



Lord Avebuiy married, first, the daughter of the Rev. Peter 



