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hundred cases in all, and besides being valuable by reason of the 

 scarcity of the specimens, the collection is interesting from the fact 

 that in many cases both sexes of birds are represented, and in some 

 instances there are also the young. Each case has been exceedingly 

 well set up, and the whole forms a collection such as is rarely seen 

 together. In addition to this the Hull Museum has also recently 

 acquired the collection of birds (about seventy cases) formed by Mr. 

 Eiley Fortune, F.Z.S., the well-known ornithologist. This latter 

 consists principally of Yorkshire specimens, and fortunately serves 

 well to fill in the gaps in the Sir Henry Boynton Collection. These, 

 together with the Pease Collection already in the Museum, will enable 

 the authorities at Hull to have a display of birds such as will be 

 difficult to beat in any Northern Museum. 



PISCES. 



The Queensland "Barramundi." — The northern rivers of Queens- 

 land have a first-class fresh-water sporting fish, the Giant Perch, 

 popularly known as the "Barramundi " (Lates calcarifer). This fish 

 attains a length of four to five feet, and a weight of over sixty 

 pounds. This fine fish, known in India as the Cock-up or Nair-fish, 

 occurs also in China, and has been seen in the Singapore fish-market. 

 In aspect and habits of feeding the " Barramundi " suggests the 

 English Bass. So greatly is this fish esteemed for the table that 

 regular supplies are now being despatched to Sydney from Queens- 

 land, where tons weight are being disposed of from 6d. to 8d. per lb. 

 The London Correspondent op the ' North Queensland Herald ' 

 (70a, Basinghall Street, E.C.). 



OBITUAKY. 



Dr. Eichard Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. 



The announcement of the death of Dr. Eichard Bowdler Shaepe, 

 at the age of sixty-two, will cause the greatest regret among the 

 wide circle of his friends and admirers in all parts of the world ; but 

 his loss will be more especially felt and mourned by ornithologists, 

 for they can best appreciate his great talents and extraordinary 

 knowledge of Birds. On December 16th he attended the monthly 

 dinner and meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, which he 

 founded in 1892, and was then in his usual health and good spirits, 



