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It is not, however, a full albino, having normally coloured eyes, and 

 tan-tinted ears, feet, and tail. It was one of a litter dug out last 

 spring, the others being normally coloured cubs. The British fauna 

 was also represented by a pair of Badgers from Cornwall. 



Pheasants are always a good investment for a menagerie, if proper 

 accommodation can be provided. Their gorgeous coloration and fear- 

 lessness make them attractive to ordinary visitors. They are also easy 

 to keep, and hardy, lay freely, and will always fetch their price. It 

 is satisfactory therefore to record that in preparation for the coming 

 breeding season the Society's stock of gallinaceous birds has been 

 reinforced by the acquisition of Manchurian Crossoptilons, Japanese, 

 Siamese, Swinhoe's and Peacock Pheasants, Temminck's and Cabot's 

 Tragopans, and Vulturine Guinea Fowl. 



Other birds worthy of mention are a Salvador's Cassowary (de- 

 posited), and a pair of young Common Rheas ; also five Cocoi Herons 

 and a Roseate Spoonbill from South America ; a black Hornbill from 

 the Congo, and two Common Crowned Pigeons, As mentioned in the 

 January issue of ' The Zoologist,' the Society was already in possession 

 of specimens of the Victoria Crowned Pigeons. Hence the two species 



of these giant Columbas may now be seen side by side. 



R. I. P. 



OBITUARY. 

 Prof. George Bond Howes. 



Prof. Howes, whose health had long been precarious, passed away 

 on February 4th, at the somewhat early age of fifty-one. He was of 

 Huguenot extraction, and we read that, while attending a private 

 school, he spent his spare time in making microscopical slides, and a 

 prize of one of J. G. Wood's books incited his interest in natural 

 history. Originally intended for the Church, then for a short time in 

 business, he eventually found his true vocation, and Prof. Huxley, no 

 mean judge of a man, acted as his sponsor. On Huxley's partial 

 retirement in 1885 from his biological professorship at South Kensing- 

 ton, Howes was appointed Assistant Professor, and, in 1895, Professor 

 of Zoology. He was in all respects a follower of his great chief, whose 

 mantle he considered it no indistinction to wear, and was largely 

 interested in the work of our scientific societies — Zoological, Linnean, 

 Malacological, Anatomical, and others. The writer of his obituary 

 notice in ' Nature ' states as Howes's belief : " Higher ambition than 



